Potentilla fragarioides

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Potentilla fragarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Potentilla
Species: 'P. fragariodes
Binomial name
Potentilla fragariodes

Potentilla fragariodes is a member of the Rosaceae family that is native to Asia.

[edit] Ethnomedical uses

The stem is boiled for use as a hemostatic in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

  • D-Catechin has been isolated as the agent of action, being used to stem vaginal bleeding.

[edit] References

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