| Haemorrhage plant | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Aspilia |
| Species: | A. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D.Adams | |
Aspilia africana, also known as the haemorrhage plant or wild sunflower, is one of about 50 species of the genus Aspilia.
Description
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.
It is very polymorphic with at least four varieties recognized.
Distribution and habitat
It is widely distributed across tropical Africa, occurring on grasslands, woodlands, forest margins, and abandoned cultivated zones.
Traditional medicine
Aspilia africana has been classified as a low toxicity plant and has been used in traditional African medicine to treat wounds. Its leaves are taken as an infusion by women after childbirth. There is no scientific evidence that it has any medicinal properties.
References
- ^ "Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D.Adams", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-05-02
- ^ Komakech; Matsabisa; Kang (21 Jan 2019). "The Wound Healing Potential of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C. D. Adams (Asteraceae)". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019: 1–12. doi:10.1155/2019/7957860. PMC 6360599. PMID 30800171.
External links
- Useful Tropical Plants - Aspilia africana
Media related to Aspilia africana at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Aspilia africana at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Aspilia africana | |
| Wedelia africana | |
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