A review of the plant Boerhaavia diffusa: its chemistry.
Boerhavia diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family which is commonly known as punarnava (meaning that which rejuvenates or renews the body in Ayurveda), red spiderling, spreading hogweed, or tarvine. It is taken in herbal medicine for pain relief and other uses.Boerhavia diffusa is a herbaceous perennial plant with vigorous, many-branched stems growing from a taproot; up to 2 metres long the stems can be erect or procumbent.Detail Study on Boerhaavia Diffusa Plant for its Medicinal Importance-A Review. Boerhaavia diffusa is one of the renowned medicinal plants used to treat large number of human ailments as.
Boerhavia diffusa belongs to the Tribe Nyctagineae of the Nyctagineaceae family (Stevens, 2015). Mukherjee (1984) has revised Indian Nyctaginaceae members. Bramadhayalaselvam (1991) made revisionary studies on the South Indian species of Nyctaginaceae. The spelling Boerhaavia has been widely used for this genus, but most recent texts use Boerhavia.About Boerhavia diffusa Plant: Habit: A creeping, perennial, much-branched herb with stout fusiform roots. Stem: Branches divaricate, stem puurrplish, thickened at nodes.
Boerhavia diffusa sandwicensis Heimerl. Boerhavia eglandulosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. Boerhavia hirsuta Willd. Boerhavia insularis Bojer. Boerhavia maroccana Ball. Boerhavia minutiflora Span.. Boerhavia repens is an annual to perennial, prostrate or straggling herb, with stems up to 60cm long. The plant has a slender taproot and a stem that is.
