Wikstroemia indica

Wikstroemeia indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Wikstroemia
Species: W. indica
Binomial name
Wikstroemeia indica
C. A. Mey.[1]

Wikstroemia indica (L.) C. A. Mey., also known as tie bush, Indian stringbush, bootlace bush, or small-leaf salago (Chinese: 了哥王; pinyin: liǎo gē wáng) is a small shrub with glossy leaves, small greenish-yellow flowers and toxic red fruits. It grows in forests and on rocky, shrubby slopes in central and south-eastern China as well as Vietnam, India and the Philippines.[2][3][4]

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Medicinal uses

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. As a traditional Chinese herb, this plant has long been employed as antipyretics, detoxicants, expectorants, vermifuges,antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and antifertility effects as well as aborticides in clinic practice.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Wikstroemia indica information from NPGS/GRIN". http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411597. Retrieved 2008-02-14. 
  2. ^ "Flora of China". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242414627. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  3. ^ http://hortuscamden.com/plants/view/wikstroemia-indica-l.-c.a.mey
  4. ^ http://www.hkjcicm.org/cm_database/plants/detail_e.aspx?herb_id=512
  5. ^ Li Y.-M., Zhu L., Jiang J.-G., Yang L., Wang D.-Y. (2009). "Bioactive components and pharmacological action of Wikstroemia indica (L.) C. A. Mey and its clinical application". Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. http://benthamscience.com/cpb/sample/cpb10-8/0002G.pdf. 

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