Aspilia

Aspilia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] Some authors have merged this genus with Wedelia, but others maintain that more study is required.[4] Aspilia is native to Africa, Madagascar, and Latin America.[5]

Aspilia
Aspilia foliacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Aspilia
Thouars
Type species
Aspilia thouarsii

Medicinal uses

Historically, Aspilia africana was used in Mbaise and most Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria to prevent conception, suggesting potential contraceptive and anti-fertility properties.[6] Leaf extract and fractions of A. africana effectively arrested bleeding from fresh wounds, inhibited microbial growth of known wound contaminants and accelerated wound healing process.[7] Aspilia is hypothesized to be used as herbal medicine by some chimpanzees.[8][9]

Species

List of Aspilia species:[5]

  • Aspilia africana
  • Aspilia albuquerquei
  • Aspilia andrade-limae
  • Aspilia angolensis
  • Aspilia angustifolia
  • Aspilia aristata
  • Aspilia attenuata
  • Aspilia aurantiaca
  • Aspilia baumii
  • Aspilia belo-horizontinae
  • Aspilia bipartita
  • Aspilia bojeri
  • Aspilia buphthalmiflora
  • Aspilia bussei
  • Aspilia cachimboensis
  • Aspilia camporum
  • Aspilia cardenasii
  • Aspilia caudata
  • Aspilia chevalieri
  • Aspilia clausseniana
  • Aspilia cordifolia
  • Aspilia cylindrocephala
  • Aspilia diamantinae
  • Aspilia diffusiflora
  • Aspilia diniz-cruziana
  • Aspilia discolor
  • Aspilia duarteana
  • Aspilia eckendorffii
  • Aspilia eenii
  • Aspilia eglerii
  • Aspilia elata
  • Aspilia elegans
  • Aspilia erosa
  • Aspilia espinhacensis
  • Aspilia fischeri
  • Aspilia floribunda
  • Aspilia foliacea
  • Aspilia foliosa
  • Aspilia fruticosa
  • Aspilia glaziovii
  • Aspilia grazielae
  • Aspilia hassleriana
  • Aspilia hatschbachii
  • Aspilia helianthoides
  • Aspilia heringeriana
  • Aspilia ioletae
  • Aspilia jelskii
  • Aspilia jolyana
  • Aspilia jugata
  • Aspilia kotschyi
  • Aspilia kunthiana
  • Aspilia laevissima
  • Aspilia latifolia
  • Aspilia latissima
  • Aspilia leucanthema
  • Aspilia leucoglossa
  • Aspilia linearis
  • Aspilia macrorrhiza
  • Aspilia malaissei
  • Aspilia matogrossensis
  • Aspilia mendoncae
  • Aspilia mildbraedii
  • Aspilia minima
  • Aspilia montevidensis
  • Aspilia mossambicensis
  • Aspilia natalensis
  • Aspilia noneaefolia
  • Aspilia ovalifolia
  • Aspilia paludosa
  • Aspilia pascalioides
  • Aspilia phyllostachya
  • Aspilia platyphylla
  • Aspilia pluriseta
  • Aspilia podophylla
  • Aspilia pohlii
  • Aspilia procumbens
  • Aspilia prostrata
  • Aspilia pseudoyedaea
  • Aspilia reflexa
  • Aspilia reticulata
  • Aspilia riedelii
  • Aspilia rudis
  • Aspilia rugulosa
  • Aspilia sahariensis
  • Aspilia serrulata
  • Aspilia silphioides
  • Aspilia squarrosa
  • Aspilia stenophylla
  • Aspilia subpandurata
  • Aspilia subpetiolata
  • Aspilia subscandens
  • Aspilia trichodesmoides
  • Aspilia triplinervia
  • Aspilia warmingii

References

  1. Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 12
  2. Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62
  3. Tropicos, Aspilia Thouars
  4. Tadessa, Mesfin. 1999. New combinations, varieties, and synonyms in African Compositae. Compositae Newsletter 33:23-32.
  5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed
  6. Oluyemi Kayode A.; Okwuonu Uche C.; Baxter D. Grillo & Oyesola Tolulope, O.,"Toxic Effects of Methanolic Extract of Aspilia africana Leaf on the Estrous Cycle and Uterine Tissues of Wistar Rats" Int. J. Morphol., 25(3):609-614, 2007.
  7. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 7 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/7/24
  8. "8_1 Chimpanzee Medicine Chest". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  9. Raffaele Paul "Among the Great Apes",Harper, 2010 p98


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