Oldenlandia corymbosa

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Oldenlandia corymbosa
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Photograph of Oldenlandia corymbosa with moss
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Oldenlandia
Species:
O. corymbosa
Binomial name
Oldenlandia corymbosa
L.

Oldenlandia corymbosa, commonly known as flat-top mille graines or diamond flower, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. [1] [2] It is a commonly used herb in China and India for treating sore eyes, anthelmintic, antirheumatic, depurative, digestive, diuretic, pectoral, fever, jaundice, child birth, and stomachic medicine, while the roots are reported to have vermifuge properties. [3]

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Description

It is an annual herb with ascending or erect stems which are 4-angled. [4] Its genome size is 273.7 megabase pairs.

The leaves of O. corymbosa are oppositely arranged and can be sessile or subsessile (Sessility (botany)). They are elliptic to linear-elliptic in shape, with the largest ranging in length from 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters (0.6 to 1 inch) and 4 to 7 millimeters (0.15 to 0.3 inches) in width. [5] Seeds are brown and 0.2 millimeters long. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Oldenlandia corymbosa - Diamond Flower". www.flowersofindia.net. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Classification | USDA PLANTS". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. ↑ Julca, Irene; Mutwil-Anderwald, Daniela; Manoj, Vaishnervi; Khan, Zahra; Lai, Soak Kuan; Yang, Lay K.; Beh, Ing T.; Dziekan, Jerzy; Lim, Yoon P.; Lim, Shen K.; Low, Yee W.; Lam, Yuen I.; Tjia, Seth; Mu, Yuguang; Tan, Qiao W.; Nuc, Przemyslaw; Choo, Le M.; Khew, Gillian; Shining, Loo; Kam, Antony; Tam, James P.; Bozdech, Zbynek; Schmidt, Maximilian; Usadel, Bjoern; Kanagasundaram, Yoganathan; Alseekh, Saleh; Fernie, Alisdair; Li, Hoi Y.; Mutwil, Marek (June 2023). "Genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis of Oldenlandia corymbosa reveals the biosynthesis and mode of action of anti-cancer metabolites" (PDF). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65 (6): 1442–1466. Bibcode:2023JIPB...65.1442J. doi:10.1111/jipb.13469. PMID   36807520.
  4. ↑ "Rubiaceae - Oldenlandia corymbosa L." publish.plantnet-project.org. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  5. 1 2 Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 981. Print.


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