Hypoxis hemerocallidea

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Hypoxis hemerocallidea

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Hypoxidaceae
Genus:	Hypoxis
Species:	H. hemerocallidea

Binomial name

Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Fisch.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Synonyms

Hypoxis rooperi

Hypoxis hemerocallidea (African star grass, African potato) is an medicinal plant native to South Africa in the Hypoxidaceae family. This plant is the best known member of this genus, and it has significantly inhibit metabolism of anti-HIV (AIDS virus).

[edit] References

Gillmer, M. & Symmonds, R. 1999. Seed collection and germination: Hypoxis hemerocallidea. Plantlife 21: 36, 37.
Mills E et al. Impact of African herbal medicines on antiretroviral metabolism. AIDS 19: 95 – 97, 2005.