Ledebouria revoluta
| Ledebouria revoluta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Tribe: | Hyacintheae |
| Subtribe: | Massoniinae |
| Genus: | Ledebouria |
| Species: | L. revoluta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ledebouria revoluta (L.f.) Jessop 1970[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ledebouria revoluta, the South Indian squill, is a flowering plant species in the genus Ledebouria found in Southern Africa and India.
In Africa some tribes consume the bulbs of L. revoluta. It is widely used as an ethnomedicinal in Southern Africa. Homoisoflavanones can be isolated from the bulbs of L. revoluta.[2]
References
- ↑ Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:255. 1970
- ↑ 3-Benzyl-4-chromanones (homoisoflavanones) from bulbs of the ethnomedicinal geophyte Ledebouria revoluta (Hyacinthaceae). N. Moodley, N.R. Crouch, D.A Mulholland, D. Slade and D. Ferreira, South African Journal of Botany, January 2006; 72(4):517-520. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2006.01.004
External links
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Data related to Ledebouria revoluta at Wikispecies -
Media related to Ledebouria revoluta at Wikimedia Commons - "Ledebouria revoluta". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Ledebouria revoluta at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Ledebouria revoluta at tropicos.org
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