Aegiphila lhotskiana

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Aegiphila lhotskiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Aegiphila
Species: A. lhotskiana
Binomial name
Aegiphila lhotskiana
Cham.

Aegiphila lhotskiana [1] (syn. Aegiphila lhotskyana Cham. [2]) is a tree native to Bolivia [3] and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

[edit] Uses

This plant is used as a medicinal plant. [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Aegiphila lhotskiana at Missouri Botanical Garden
  2. ^ (Portuguese) Aegiphila lhotskyana at Flora Brasiliensis
  3. ^ Aegiphila lhotskiana at Bolivia Checklist
  4. ^ Costa-Lotufo, L.V.; Silveira, E.R.; Barros, M.C.; Lima, M.A.; De Moraes, M.E.; De Moraes, M.O.; Pessoa, C. Antiproliferative effects of abietane diterpenes from Aegiphila lhotzkyana. Planta Med. 2004 Feb; 70(2):180-2.

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