Leonotis artemisia
Encyclopedia
Leonotis artemisia, also known as motherwort, is a species of plant in the Leonotis
genus and the Lamiaceae
(mint) family. It is native to Asia, and is traditionally ascribed various health benefits.
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Leonotis
Leonotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It comprises 9 species. One of these, Leonotis nepetifolia, is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It is naturalized throughout most of the tropics. The other 8 species are endemic to southern Africa...
genus and the Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
(mint) family. It is native to Asia, and is traditionally ascribed various health benefits.
Chemical constituents
One of the chemical constituents of Leonotis artemisia is leonurineLeonurine
Leonurine is one of the chemical constituents of the South African plant Leonotis leonurus. It is a psychoactive alkaloid found in species Leonotis nepetifolia, Leonotis artemisia as well as other plants of family Lamiaceae...
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