Haemorrhage plant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Aspilia |
Species: | A. africana
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Binomial name | |
Aspilia africana |
Aspilia africana, also known as the haemorrhage plant or wild sunflower, [2] is one of about 50 species of the genus Aspilia.
Aspilia africana is a semi-woody herb from a perennial woody root-stock to 25–130 cm high. Leaves are 4–12 cm long and lanceolate. The fruit are 3–3.5mm long achenes. [1]
It is very polymorphic with at least four varieties recognized.
It is widely distributed across tropical Africa, occurring on grasslands, woodlands, forest margins, and abandoned cultivated zones. [1]
Aspilia africana has been classified as a low toxicity plant and has been used in traditional African medicine to treat wounds. [2] Its leaves are taken as an infusion by women after childbirth. [2] There is no scientific evidence that it has any medicinal properties.
Haemorrhage plant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Aspilia |
Species: | A. africana
|
Binomial name | |
Aspilia africana |
Aspilia africana, also known as the haemorrhage plant or wild sunflower, [2] is one of about 50 species of the genus Aspilia.
Aspilia africana is a semi-woody herb from a perennial woody root-stock to 25–130 cm high. Leaves are 4–12 cm long and lanceolate. The fruit are 3–3.5mm long achenes. [1]
It is very polymorphic with at least four varieties recognized.
It is widely distributed across tropical Africa, occurring on grasslands, woodlands, forest margins, and abandoned cultivated zones. [1]
Aspilia africana has been classified as a low toxicity plant and has been used in traditional African medicine to treat wounds. [2] Its leaves are taken as an infusion by women after childbirth. [2] There is no scientific evidence that it has any medicinal properties.