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Browallia speciosa

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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

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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

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  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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