Browallia speciosa

Browallia speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Browallia
Species:
B. speciosa
Binomial name
Browallia speciosa

Browallia speciosa is a blue-violet tender perennial usually grown as an annual flowering plant also called the amethyst flower or bush violet. It is much used as a garden ornamental.[1]

Use in Colombian folk medicine

The Ingano of Mocoa in the Colombian department of Putumayo chew the leaves of Browallia speciosa and pack the resultant material around carious molars to alleviate the pain.[2]

References

  1. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants, Editor-in-chief Christopher Brickell, pub. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. ISBN 1405332964, page 192
  2. ^ Schultes, Richard Evans and Raffauf, Robert F. The Healing Forest - Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia, pub. Dioscorides Press, Portland, Oregon (an imprint of Timber Press, Inc.) 1990 ISBN 0-931146-14-3 pps. 418-19.


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