| 词条 | Vernonia amygdalina |
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|image = Vernonia amygdalina 06.jpg |image_caption = |genus = Vernonia |species = amygdalina |authority = Delile }}Vernonia amygdalina, a member of the daisy family, is a small shrub that grows in tropical Africa. V. amygdalina typically grows to a height of {{convert|2-5|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The leaves are elliptical and up to {{convert|20|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. Its bark is rough.[1] V. amygdalina is commonly called bitter leaf in English because of its bitter taste. The cooked leaves are a staple vegetable in soups and stews of various cultures throughout equatorial Africa. African common names include grawa (Amharic), ewuro (Yoruba), etidot (Ibibio), onugbu (Igbo), ityuna (Tiv), oriwo (Edo), chusar-doki (Hausa), mululuza (Luganda), labwori (Acholi), olusia (Luo), and ndoleh (Cameroon).[2][3] ZoopharmacologyIn the wild, chimpanzees have been observed to ingest the leaves when suffering from parasitic infections.[4] References1. ^{{cite journal |author1=Ijeh II |author2=Ejike CECC |title=Current perspectives on the medicinal potential of Vernonia amygdalina Del |journal= J Med Plant Res |volume=5 |issue=7 |pages=1051–1061 |year=2011}} 2. ^{{cite thesis |author=Egedigwe CA |title=Effect of dietary incorporation of Vernonia amygdalina and Vernonia colorata on blood lipid profile and relative organ weights in albino rats |year= 2010 |publisher = Department of Biochemistry, MOUAU, Nigeria.}} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Kokwaro |first= John |title=Medicinal Plants of East Africa 3rd ed |year=2009 |publisher=University of Nairobi Press |location=Nairobi, Kenya |isbn= 978-9966-846-84-6}} 4. ^{{cite journal|author=Huffman, M.A., Seifu, M|title=Observations on the illness and consumption of a possibly medicinal plant Vernonia amygdalina (Del.), by a wild chimpanzee in the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania|journal=Primates|year=1989|volume=30|pages=51–63|doi=10.1007/BF02381210}} External links{{WestAfricanPlants|Vernonia amygdalina}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q3744526}} 4 : Vernonia|Plants used in traditional African medicine|Flora of Africa|Flora of West Tropical Africa |
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