Urceola micrantha

Urceola micrantha is a plant species in the genus Urceola. It is a shrub widespread across much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas.

Urceola micrantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Urceola
Species:
U. micrantha
Binomial name
Urceola micrantha
(Wall. ex G.Don) D.J.Middleton
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Chavannesia montana (M.R.Hend.) Pichon
    • Cudicia gyrandra Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn
    • Ecdysanthera annamensis Vernet
    • Ecdysanthera brachiata A.DC.
    • Ecdysanthera cambodiensis Pierre
    • Ecdysanthera langbiani Vernet
    • Ecdysanthera linearicarpa Pierre
    • Ecdysanthera linocarpa Pierre
    • Ecdysanthera micrantha (Wall. ex G.Don) A.DC.
    • Ecdysanthera multiflora King & Gamble
    • Ecdysanthera utilis Hayata & Kawak.
    • Echites brachiatus Wall.
    • Echites micranthus Wall. ex G.Don
    • Parabarium brachiatum (A.DC.) Pierre ex Spire
    • Parabarium cambodiensis (Pierre) Pierre ex Spire
    • Parabarium candollei Pierre ex Spire
    • Parabarium chevalieri Pit.
    • Parabarium diu-do Dubard & Eberh.
    • Parabarium langbiani (Vernet) Pichon
    • Parabarium linearicarpum (Pierre) Pichon
    • Parabarium linocarpum Pierre ex Spire
    • Parabarium micranthum (Wall. ex G.Don) Pierre
    • Parabarium multiflorum (King & Gamble) Lý
    • Parabarium spireanum Pierre ex Spire
    • Parabarium utile (Hayata & Kawak.) Lý
    • Parabarium vernetii Pierre ex Spire
    • Urceola linearicarpa (Pierre) D.J.Middleton
    • Urceola montana M.R.Hend.

In Taïwan, it is used in folk medicine as an analgesic, antiphlogistic and spasmolytic agent.[2]

The species contains proanthocyanidin B2, proanthocyanidin A1 and proanthocyanidin A2.

References
  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  2. Proanthocyanidins – a final frontier in flavonoid research? Richard A. Dixon, De-Yu Xie and Shashi B. Sharma, New Phytologist (2005) 165: 9–28 doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01217.x


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