Andrographis paniculata
Nombres vernáculos
(en territorios con usos significativos TRAMIL)
Jamaica:
- rice bitters
Distribución geográfica
Nativa de la India y Sri Lanka, cultivada o naturalizada en Asia y el Caribe.
Descripción botánica
Hierba de hasta 50 cm de altura, muy ramificada. Hojas ovado-lanceoladas a elípticas, de 1.5 a 7 cm de largo y de 1 a 2.5 cm de ancho, glabras, verde pálidas en el envés, venas secundarias 3 a 5 en cada lado del nervio central, margen entero, ápice agudo a cortamente acuminado. Inflorescencias terminales en panículas con hojas secundarias; raquis glabro a esparcidamente pubescente, brácteas triangulares a subuladas. Flores blancas de 1.5 a 2 cm, con puntos púrpura. Frutos en forma de cápsula elipsoide, glabros o pubescentes con tricomas con glándulas en la punta. Semillas rugosas, de 2 a 1.5 mm.
Voucher(s)
Picking,35472,UWI
Farmacopea
Ed.3References
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