Ledebouria revoluta

Ledebouria revoluta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Scilloideae
Genus:Ledebouria
Species: L. revoluta
Binomial name
Ledebouria revoluta
(L.f.) Jessop 1970[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyacinthus revolutus L. f.
  • Ledebouria hyacinthina
  • Scilla hyacinthina (Roth) J.F.Macbr

Ledebouria revoluta, the south Indian squill, is a flowering plant species in the genus Ledebouria found in Southern Africa and India.

In Africa some tribes consume the bulbs of L. revoluta. It is widely used as an ethnomedicinal in Southern Africa. Homoisoflavanones can be isolated from the bulbs of L. revoluta.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:255. 1970
  2. ↑ 3-Benzyl-4-chromanones (homoisoflavanones) from bulbs of the ethnomedicinal geophyte Ledebouria revoluta (Hyacinthaceae). N. Moodley, N.R. Crouch, D.A Mulholland, D. Slade and D. Ferreira, South African Journal of Botany, January 2006; 72(4):517-520. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2006.01.004


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