Aruncus dioicus

Aruncus dioicus
Aruncus dioicus
Inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Aruncus
Species: A. dioicus
Binomial name
Aruncus dioicus
(Walter) Fernald

Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) (goat's beard or bride's feathers) is a plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin, stiff stems. The flowers are white, borne in summer. This plant can be found throughout Europe, Asia, and eastern and western North America. It Italy the young shoots are eaten, usually boiled briefly in herb infused water,and then cooked with eggs and cheese.In Friuli it is one of the ingredients in the local home-made soup based on wild greens called 'pistic'. [1]

In the UK it is considered suitable for planting in and around water areas [2]

Aruncus dioicus var. kamtschaticus has shown potent cytotoxicity against Jurkat T cells.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ghirardini Maria Pia "The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy."J Ethnobiol Ethnomedicine. 2007; 3: 22. Published online 2007 May 4. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-3-22 PMCID: PMC1877798 " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1877798/?tool=pmcentrez
  2. ^ BS 7370-5 Recommendations for maintenance of water areas
  3. ^ Jeong SY, Jun do Y, Kim YH, Min BS, Min BK, Woo MH"Monoterpenoids from the aerial parts of Aruncus dioicus var. kamtschaticus and their antioxidant and cytotoxic activities." Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Jun 1;21(11):3252-6

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