Record Number
2399
PROSEA Handbook Number
12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3
Taxon
Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) v. Steenis
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Anredera in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Anredera in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Fl. Males., ser. 1, 5(3): 303 (1957).
Synonyms
Boussingaultia cordifolia Ten. (1853), Boussingaultia gracilis Miers (1864), Boussingaultia baselloides auct. non Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth.
Vernacular Names
Madeira vine, mignonette vine (Am). Vietnam: m[uf]ng t[ow]i c[ur].
Distribution
Native to tropical South America, introduced in many tropical countries, e.g. in Vietnam and Java.
Uses
Chopped leaves in boiling water are used in folk medicine in Colombia and Taiwan to treat diabetes and as an analgesic.
Observations
A perennial climber with thick rhizome and short-lived shoots up to 6 m long; leaves ovate to subcordate, 1—11 cm x 1—8 cm; flowers with lower bracteoles connate and forming a cuplet, upper bracteoles flattened, not keeled, perianth white, patent in anthesis. Anredera cordifolia is planted as an ornamental in the lowlands of Java.
Image
 | Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) v. Steenis - 1, flowering twig; 2, flower bud; 3, flower; 4, opened perianth and stamens |
Selected Sources
[233]Espada, A., Rodriguez, J., Villaverde, M.C. & Riguera, R., 1990. Hypoglucaemic triterpenoid saponins from Boussingaultia baselloides. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 68(11): 2039—2044.
[247]Flora Malesiana (various editors), 1950—. Foundation Flora Malesiana. Rijksherbarium/Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, the Netherlands.
[556]Lin, C.C., Sung, T.C. & Yen, M.H., 1994. The antiinflammatory and liver protective effects of Boussingaultia gracilis var. pseudobaselloides extract in rats. Phytotherapy Research 8(4): 201—207.
[561]Lin, H.-Y., Kuo, S.-C., Lee Chao, P.-D. & Lin, T.-D., 1988. A new sapogenin from Boussingaultia gracilis. Journal of Natural Products 51(4): 797—798.
[567]Lin, W.-C. et al., 1997. Inhibitory effects of ethanolic extracts of Boussingaultia gracilis on the spasmogen-induced contractions of the rat isolated gastric fundus. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 56(1): 89—93.
[247]Flora Malesiana (various editors), 1950—. Foundation Flora Malesiana. Rijksherbarium/Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, the Netherlands.
[556]Lin, C.C., Sung, T.C. & Yen, M.H., 1994. The antiinflammatory and liver protective effects of Boussingaultia gracilis var. pseudobaselloides extract in rats. Phytotherapy Research 8(4): 201—207.
[561]Lin, H.-Y., Kuo, S.-C., Lee Chao, P.-D. & Lin, T.-D., 1988. A new sapogenin from Boussingaultia gracilis. Journal of Natural Products 51(4): 797—798.
[567]Lin, W.-C. et al., 1997. Inhibitory effects of ethanolic extracts of Boussingaultia gracilis on the spasmogen-induced contractions of the rat isolated gastric fundus. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 56(1): 89—93.
Author(s)
R.H.M.J. Lemmens
Correct Citation of this Article
Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2003. Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) v. Steenis. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J. and Bunyapraphatsara, N. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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