Definitions of terms are available in the gcw introduction. Dark blue snakeweed stachytarpheta cayennensis is regarded as an environmental weed in the northern territory, queensland and western australia. Pdf stachytarpheta cayennensis aqueous extract, a new. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by many english language common names, including blue snakeweed, cayenne snakeweed, darkblue snakeweed, bluetop, nettleleaf porterweed, rattail, roughleaf false vervain, blue rats tail, brazilian tea, cayenne vervain, false verbena, joee, nettleleaf. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a plant that is traditionally used to treat tegumentary leishmaniasis and as an antiinflammatory agent. There is no pink or red flowered variety of this native. It is panatropical, which means it grows all around tropics, and it also can be found in many warm climate regions, but is said to originate from south and central. The plants database includes the following 11 species of stachytarpheta. The leaves were cleaned, cut into small pieces, dried and pulverized to coarse powder using a manual blender. This variety of blue porterweed is an upright perennial growing to 3 feet in height with branching stems, a woody base and long tap root.
Due to close association between inflammatory and immune responses, we evaluated the immunomodulatory activity of leaves extract of s. But like ive mentioned above it is hard to distinguish those two species and their many hybrids that often dominate the landscape. The species with pink ro read flowers is the exotic stachytarpheta mutabilis, which is native to south america and not florida. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis usually create wide small shrub up to around 80cm hight and even over 1m width, while stachytarpheta cayennensis is more robust and can reach well over 1,5 m height. Stachytarpheta cayennensis information from the global. Plants profile for stachytarpheta cayennensis cayenne. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Presented here is summary information about the species stachytarpheta cayennensis from the global compendium of weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. The structure of compound isolated from stachytarpheta cayennensis leaves was elucidated using a combination of ir, 1 h and c nmr, cosy, dept nmr, mass spectral and comparison with similar. This page was last edited on 18 december 2019, at 15. Pdf the hypocholesterolemic effect of stachytarpheta.
Stachytarpheta species, jamaican porterweed stachytarpheta. The disturbances in the regulation of free radical and reactive. Stachytarpheta indica is a much branched, erect, annual or shortlived perennial plant growing up to 1 metre tall331. Stachytarpheta cayennensis in the plant list version 1. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a weedy distributed herbaceous plant from the verbenaceae family commonly called brazilian tea. Flowers were sessile in all three species of stachytarpheta. These species can be distinguished by the following differences. Leaves opposite, membranous, elliptic to broadly elliptic or ovate, 48 cm long, 24. Talkad2, sampad sahoo3, anushree singh4, poonam harlalka5 p. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Phenols, flavonoids, free radicals, secondary metabolites.
Taxonomic significance of morphological characters in the. The following databases may contain further information on this name. Its full constituents have not been fully documented. The phytochemical screening of the root of this plant revealed the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, glycosides, steroids and phenols. Stachytarpheta urticifolia sims, verbena cayennensis, verbena jamaicensis common. Coarse perennial herbs 820 dm tall, sometimes somewhat woody toward base.
The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Pdf isolation and characterisation of compound from. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Vahl belongs to the family of verbenaceae and is commonly known as gervao, brazilian tea, verbena cimarrona, rooter comb, or blue porter weed. Evaluation of antimicrobial, antioxidant and phototoxic. The genus stachytarpheta has undergone a series of taxonomic revisions that are further complicated by putative hybrids wilson et al.
Phytochemical, antimicrobial and gcms analysis of the root of. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a plant full of phytonutrient, it has been. Names of stachytarpheta jamaicensis in various languages of the world are also given. Four very similar stachytarpheta species are found here in hawaii. Antityrosinase activity of stachytarpheta cayennensis in vitro ramanuj rauniyar1, muralidhar.
Stachytarpheta cayennensis aqueous extract, a new bioreactor towards silver nanoparticles for biomedical applications april 2019 journal of biomaterials and nanobiotechnology 1002. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses. Stachytarpheta cayennensis wikispecies, free species. Light blue snakeweed stachytarpheta jamaicensis also hybridises with other species, and hybrids between it and both dark blue snakeweed stachytarpheta cayennensis and pink snakeweed stachytarpheta mutabilis have also become naturalised in queensland.
The dark blue porterweed stachytarpheta cayennensis is a great addition to any butterfly plant. The nonnative stachytarpheta cayennensis is often mistaken for the native s. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. This plant can seed a little too freely so give it lots of elbow room. In the lesser antilles it is boiled to treat colds and fevers.
It is one of the important plants with high medicinal and nutraceutical benefits. Brazilian tea, blue rats tail, snakeweed griffiths rattail verveine, wild broom wong cent. Dark blue snakeweed stachytarpheta cayennensis also hybridises with other species, and hybrids between it and both light blue snakeweed stachytarpheta jamaicensis and pink snakeweed stachytarpheta mutabilis have also become naturalised in queensland. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Stachytarpheta urticifolia, stachytarpheta urticifolia sims, bot. Stachytarpheta cayennensis jamaicensis porterweed, brazilian tea, snakeweed polska wersja plant profile stachytarpheta is a small perennial that often appear as just annual herb. These hybrids exhibit characters that are intermediate between the two species involved. Evaluation of antimicrobial, antioxidant and phototoxic activities of. Immunomodulatory effects of stachytarpheta cayennensis.
Pdf immunomodulatory effects of stachytarpheta cayennensis leaf. Stachytarpheta species, blue porterweed, blue rats tail. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by many english language common names, including blue snakeweed, cayenne snakeweed, darkblue snakeweed, bluetop, nettleleaf porterweed, rattail, roughleaf false vervain, blue rats tail, brazilian tea, cayenne vervain, false verbena, joee, nettleleaf velvetberry, and cayenne porterweed. It is best grown in clusters to avoid that leggy look and once established is a colourful addition to the garden requiring little maintenance.
Stachytarpheta cayennensis jamaicensis herbs from distant lands. The combined effects of the leaves extract and artesunate, a standard antimalarial agent. The results indicate that the use of solvents of different polarities in the extraction process is an important strategy to detect variations in the levels of total phenols and flavonoids, and of antioxidant activity, in samples of s. Stachytarpheta species, changeable velvetberry, pink rat. Wikimedia commons has media related to stachytarpheta cayennensis stachytarpheta cayennensis is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by many english language common names, including blue snakeweed, cayenne snakeweed, darkblue snakeweed, bluetop, nettleleaf porterweed, rattail, roughleaf false vervain, blue rats tail, brazilian tea, cayenne vervain, false verbena, joee. Stem and leaves younger stems are greenish or purpletinged, mostly hairless i.
List of various diseases cured by stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is known to possess pesticidal. Issued as a pdf on the internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in. Implications for the management of obesity and hypertension. Immunomodulatory effects of stachytarpheta cayennensis leaf. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is used in the bahamas to treat issues of circulation high blood pressure, the gastrointestinal tract worms, constipation, the respiratory system, blistersboils, chills, and fevers. Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy uvvis determines the presence of nanoparticles in the solution. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. I have both pink and purple ones but have difficulty in telling the varieties of stachytarpheta apart since s. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis herb uses, benefits, cures. This study reports the preparation and characterization of silver nanoparticles synthesized by the mediation of the plant weed stachytarpheta cayennensis through solution method. In addition, leaf shape, leaf base, leaf tip and leaf blade was also studied.
Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by. Verbenaceae have been reported to possess potent antiinflammatory and antimalarial activities. Be sure to purchase your plants from trusted sources to ensure you are getting the native species. Research article open access immunomodulatory effects of stachytarpheta cayennensis leaf extract and its synergistic effect with artesunate theophine c okoye1, peter a akah1, adaobi c ezike1, philip f uzor2, uchenna e odoh3, sebastian o igboeme4, uchechi b. Stachytarpheta cayennensis can be a noxious weed and is listed as a category ii nonnative invasive plant by the florida exotic pest plant council. Stachytarpheta cayennensis, antioxidant, antimicrobial, phototoxicity, arylpropanoid glycosides, betulinic acid. Infrared spectroscopy ir proves organic molecules at the particles interface. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a rather slender, branched herb or shrub growing up to 1. Stachytarpheta cayennensis extract inhibits promastigote.
Pdf background the leaves of stachytarpheta cayennensis c. Please click on any button to follow a link to that database. Stachytarpheta australis and pink snakeweed stachytarpheta mutabilis. Pdf the structure of compound isolated from stachytarpheta cayennensis leaves. Research article open access immunomodulatory effects.
The only native porterweed is stachytarpheta jamaicensis, which has blue to purple flowers. Stachytarpheta patens moldenke 1980 stachytarpheta cayennensis f. The hypocholesterolemic effect of stachytarpheta cayennensis tea. There is a pink variety of this plant which can grow rapidly to 12 and puts out quite a show. Downloaded free from on friday, august 01, 2008 ap done research article in vivo antimalarial activity of ethanolic leaf extract. Stachytarpheta cayennensis jamaicensis porterweed, brazilian tea, snakeweed. Verbenaceae stachytarpheta cayennensis stachytarpheta cayennensis vahl verbenaceae.
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