Hormuzakia aggregata

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Massed alkanet
Flowering in Israel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Hormuzakia
Species:
H. aggregata
Binomial name
Hormuzakia aggregata
(
Lehm.
) Gușuleac
Synonyms[1]
  • Anchusa aggregata Lehm.
  • Anchusa aggregata var. pedunculata Parsa
  • Anchusa axillaris Parsa
  • Anchusa micrantha Roem. & Schult.
  • Anchusa parviflora Sm.
  • Lycopsis glomerata d'Urv.

Hormuzakia aggregata is a flowering

Arabic: لسان الثور, and Hebrew: לשון-שור מגובבת.[2][3][4]

Description

It is a short-lived

alternate, linear-lanceolate. It flowers from January to April, the small flowers are dark blue to violet producing 3 by 4 mm (0.12 by 0.16 in) hemispherical nutlets.[3]

Taxonomy

The species

Latin
and means to bring together or cluster.

Distribution and habitat

It grows in

shrub-steppes and deserts of Sicily, North East Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, Libya, Algeria, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Rhodes, Saudi Arabia and the East Aegean Islands.[2][5]

Uses

The roots of Hormuzakia aggregata contain anchusin or alkannin (alkanet red), a red-brown resinoid pigment.[3][6] Alkannin is an antioxidant and has an antimicrobial effect against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. It is also known to have wound healing, antitumor, and antithrombotic properties.[7]

Alkannin is also found in the Chinese herbal medicine plant Lithospermum erythrorhizon, the red-root gromwell. The dried root is a Chinese herbal medicine with various antiviral and biological activities, including inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hormuzakia aggregata (Lehm.) Guşul." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  2. ^ a b "Catalogue of Life : Hormuzakia aggregata (Lehm.) Gusuleac". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  3. ^ a b c d "Anchusa aggregata". www.flowersinisrael.com. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  4. ISSN 1126-3504
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  5. ^ "Hormuzakia aggregata (Lehm.) Gusuleac | Flora of Israel Online". Flora of Israel Online. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  6. ^ "Alkannin | 517-88-4". www.chemicalbook.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  7. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990201)38:3<270::AID-ANIE270>3.0.CO;2-0
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  8. PMID 12936978
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  9. PMID 21415527
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  10. PMID 21516121
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