Which plant was been adopted into the traditional medicine of countries far-removed from its original home, Nicandra or Sternbergia?
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Nicandra Nicandra is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family containing the single species Nicandra physalodes. It is known by the common names apple-of-Peru and shoo-fly plant. It is thought originally to have been native to Peru (known elsewhere as an introduced species and sometimes as a weed) and is found nowadays as a ruderal species in tropical, subtropical and, to a lesser extent, temperate areas all over the world. It has also long been cultivated as an ornamental plant for its attractive flowers and curious fruits (the latter sometimes dried for use in floral design) and has been adopted into the traditional medicine of countries far-removed from its original home.
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Sternbergia Sternbergia is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.
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Horsfieldia triandra Horsfieldia triandra is a species of plant in the Myristicaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Sumatra.
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Callicarpa longifolia Callicarpa longifolia is a species of beautyberry. It ranges from the Himalayas, east to Japan and south to Queensland. It is grown in yards and gardens as an ornamental plant. The roots are used as an herbal medicine to treat diarrheas.
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Nectandra Nectandra is a genus of plant in the family Lauraceae found in South America, and having fruit with various medical effects. Sweetwood is a common name for some plants in this genus.
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Cordia curassavica Cordia curassavica, commonly known as black sage or wild sage, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is sometimes called tropical black sage to distinguish it from another unrelated species named black sage, "Salvia mellifera". It is native to tropical America but has also been widely introduced to Southeast Asia and the tropical Pacific region, where it is an invasive weed. The specific epithet is a latinised form of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea region and the locality of the type collection.
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Cayratia japonica Cayratia japonica (common names bushkiller, yabu garashi and Japanese cayratia herb) is a species of herbaceous plant native to Australia and Asia. It is used as a traditional Chinese medicine to relieve swelling and heat, and to enhance diuresis and detoxification.
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Acanthus balcanicus Acanthus balcanicus, is an endemic herbaceous perennial plant in the genus "Acanthus", native to the Balkan peninsula, up to Dalmatia. This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens.
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Guzmania nicaraguensis Guzmania nicaraguensis is a species in the genus "Guzmania". This species is native to Central America (all countries except El Salvador) and Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas).
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Nageia nagi Nageia nagi, whose common name is Asian bayberry, is in the family Podocarpaceae named by Carl Peter Thunberg. "Nageia nagi" is native to China, Japan, and Taiwan.
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Banksia sclerophylla Banksia sclerophylla is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. It was known as Dryandra sclerophylla until 2007, when all "Dryandra" species were transferred to "Banksia" by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele.
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Disocactus phyllanthoides Disocactus phyllanthoides, the nopalxochitl or German empress, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae and is commonly grown as an ornamental houseplant. It is one of the three major species involved in creating the widely grown epiphyllum hybrids or "epis". The others are "Disocactus speciosus" and "Epiphyllum crenatum".
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Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; ) is a style of traditional medicine built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy, but recently also influenced by modern Western medicine. TCM is widely used in China (where it has long been the standard system of medicine), and is becoming increasingly available in Europe and North America (where it is primarily used as complementary alternative medicine approach).
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Nicosan Nicosan, also known as Hemoxin and Niprisan, previously Niprisan or Nix-0699, is a phytochemical (ethanol/water extract of "Piper guineense" seeds, "Pterocarpus osum" stem, "Eugenia caryophyllus" fruit, and "Sorghum bicolor" leaves) being tested for the treatment of Sickle-cell disease (SCD).
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Tasmannia Tasmannia is a genus of woody, evergreen flowering plants of the family Winteraceae. The 40 species of "Tasmannia" are native to Australia, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Borneo, and the Philippines. The Winteraceae are magnoliids, and are associated with the humid Antarctic flora of the Southern Hemisphere. The members of the family generally have aromatic bark and leaves, and some are used to extract essential oils. The peppery-flavored fruits and leaves (especially dried) of this genus are increasingly used as a condiment in Australia. The peppery flavour can be attributed to polygodial.
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Boesenbergia Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains about 60-70 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).
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Clitandra Clitandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1849. A total of 46 names have been coined since that time for species, subspecies, and varieties within the genus, but most of them have been transferred to other genera. The genus is currently regarded as containing only one species, Clitandra cymulosa, native to tropical Africa (from Sierra Leone to Tanzania, south to Angola).
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Houttuynia Houttuynia is a genus of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia. One species, "H. cordata", is widely cultivated as a culinary herb. The genus was originally described in 1783 by Carl Peter Thunberg when he formally described "H. cordata" as the only species. It remained a monotypic genus until 2001 when Zheng Yin Zhu and Shi Liang Zhang discovered and described a second species native to China, "H. emeiensis".
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Peganum harmala Peganum harmala, commonly called esfand, wild rue, Syrian rue, African rue, harmel, or aspand (among other similar pronunciations and spellings), is a plant of the family Nitrariaceae. Its common English-language name came about because of a resemblance to rue (which is not related). The plant's seeds are especially noteworthy because they have seen continual use for thousands of years in the rites of many cultures. The plant has remained a popular tool in both folk medicine and spiritual practices for so long that some historians believe the plant may be the ancient "soma" (a medicinal aid that is mentioned in a variety of ancient Indo Iranian texts but whose exact identity has been lost to history).
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Plectranthus amboinicus Plectranthus amboinicus, once identified as "Coleus amboinicus", is a semi-succulent perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae with a pungent oregano-like flavor and odor. It is native to Southern and Eastern Africa. It is widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in the tropics, where it is used as a medicine, spice and ornamental.
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Ligusticum striatum Ligusticum striatum is a flowering plant in the carrot family best known for its use in traditional Chinese medicine where it is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs. It is known by the common name Szechuan lovage, and "chuānxiōng" in . It is native to India, Kashmir, and Nepal. It contains the phytoprogestogens 3,8-dihydrodiligustilide and riligustilide.
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Neurocalyx calycinus Neurocalyx calycinus is a shrub endemic to South West India, found in evergreen forests. Recent researches suggests this plant has wound-healing, burn-healing, anti-cancer, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, immuno- enhancing, platelet-augmentation and anti-oxidant effects.