Hamelia

Hamelia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The name honors French botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782).

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae

Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia

Observations recorded32,487

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Research

46 papers

A Phytochemical and Ethnopharmacological Recapitulation on Hamelia patens.Drug research · 2020
Induction of Monoterpenoid Oxindole Alkaloids Production and Related Biosynthetic Gene Expression in Response to Signaling Molecules in Hamelia patens Plant Cultures.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity of Hamelia patens extracts.Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2016
Hamelia patens: A New Source of Ephedrine1.Planta medica · 1991
Double incision wound healing bioassay using Hamelia patens from El Salvador.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2003

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Wikidata facts

Image: Hamelia patens-roadside.jpg

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taxon name: Hamelia
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5350
Commons category: Hamelia
taxon common name: 长隔木属

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Hamelia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The name honors French botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782).

==Selected species== Hamelia axillaris Sw. – Guayabo Negro Hamelia cuprea Griseb. Hamelia macrantha Little Hamelia papillosa Urb. (Jamaica) Hamelia patens Jacq. – Firebush (American tropics and subtropics) Hamelia patens var. glabra Oerst. Hamelia patens var. patens