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Species of vine

Senecio scandens
Specimen in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species: S. scandens
Binomial name
Senecio scandens
Buch.-Ham. (1825)

Senecio scandens, also known as climbing Senecio, is a climber in the family Asteraceae that is native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Description

Flowers

Featuring a rhizomatous rootstock, it is a 2-5 metres long evergreen climber that produces slender, scrambling, multibranched woody stems. Frost-tender, it produces yellow daisy-like flowers which are borne in autumn.

Distribution

The plant is native to China, southern Japan, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Philippines.

It is found in forests, brushwood, shrublands, rocks, near buildings, watercourses, on elevations from sea level to 4,000 metres at the highest.

Medicinal usage

The plant is used as a medicinal herb in China, where it is a constituent of more than 100 herbal medicines. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Furthermore, many compounds are present, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, phenolic acids, terpenes, volatile oils and carotenoids, in addition to anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-leptospirosis, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, antiviral, antitumoral, analgesic, mutagenic, and toxicological activities.

References

  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Senecio scandens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T144315813A149006758. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ Senecio scandens Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. Senecio scandens - Buch.-Ham. Plants For A Future. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham.: a review on its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity Dongmei Wang , Linfang Huang, Shilin Chen. National Library of Medicine. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Senecio scandens
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