- Ruellia asperula
Taxobox
name = "Ruellia asperula"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Lamiales
familia =Acanthaceae
genus = "Ruellia "
species = "R. asperula"
binomial = "Ruellia asperula"
binomial_authority =Benth. &Hook.f. "Ruellia asperula" (syn. "Stephanophysum asperulum"
Mart. &Nees ) is amedicinal plant native toBrazil and classified asCaatinga vegetation andCerrado vegetation .Flowers, leaves, and roots of this plant are usually macerated and used to treatasthma ,bronchitis ,fever ,flu , and uteral inflammation.ee also
*
List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
*List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil External links
* [http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/94/3/365 Floral Traits and Pollination Systems in the Caatinga, a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest by Isabel Cristina Machado and Ariadna Valentina Lopes]
* [http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/supplementary/1746-4269-2-15-S1.pdf#search=%22Ruellia%20asperula%20%22 "Ruellia asperula"]
* [http://umbuzeiro.cnip.org.br/db/pnechk/taxa/31.html "Ruellia asperula"]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.