Vernonia amygdalina

Frutex Vernonia amygdalina florens

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Plantae — Angiospermae

Eudicotyledones 
Asteridae 
Ordo : Asterales 
Familia : Asteraceae 
Genus : Vernonia 
Species : V. amygdalina 

Vernonia amygdalina 
Delile  

Vernonia amygdalina (binomen ab Alire Raffeneau Delile anno 1826 statutum) est species fruticum e familia Asteracearum, inter 2 et 5 metris altorum, in Africa tropicali endemicorum, foliis ellipticis ad 20 cm. longis, foliis et cortice asperis. Medulla surculorum amarissima ab hominibus atque etiam a Panibus troglodytis morbo parasitico afflictis manducatur.

Bibliographia

• S. Challand, M. Willcox, "A clinical trial of the traditional medicine Vernonia amygdalina in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria" in Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine vol. 15 (2009) pp. 1231–7
• Ebenezer O. Farombi, Olatunde Owoeye, "Antioxidative and Chemopreventive Properties of Vernonia amygdalina and Garcinia biflavonoid" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health vol. 8 (2011) pp. 2533–2555
• Michael A. Huffman, M. Seifu, "Observations on the illness and consumption of a possibly medicinal plant Vernonia amygdalina (Del.), by a wild chimpanzee in the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania" in Primates vol. 30 (1989) pp. 51–63
• Michael A. Huffman, Richard W. Wrangham, "Diversity of Medicinal Plant Use by Chimpanzees in the Wild" in Richard W. Wrangham et al., edd., Chimpanzee Cultures (Cantabrigiae Massachusettensium: Harvard University Press, 1994) pp. 129-148
• Koichi Koshimizu et al., "Physiological activities and the active constituents of potentially medicinal plants used by wild chimpanzees of the Mahale mountains, Tanzania" in International Journal of Primatology vol. 14 (1993)
• Hajime Ohigashi, "Bitter principle and a related steroid glucoside from Vernonia amygdalina, a possible medicinal plant for wild chimpanzees" in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry vol. 55 (1991) pp. 1201-1203

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Vernonia amygdalina spectant.

Vide "Vernonia amygdalina" apud Vicispecies.