Senecio scandens
Specimen in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. scandens
Binomial name
Senecio scandens
Buch.-Ham. (1825)

Senecio scandens, also known as climbing Senecio, is a climber in the family Asteraceae that is native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.[1]

Description

Flowers

Featuring a rhizomatous rootstock, it is a 2-5 metres long evergreen climber that produces slender, scrambling, multibranched woody stems.[1] Frost-tender, it produces yellow daisy-like flowers which are borne in autumn.[2]

Distribution

The plant is native to China, southern Japan, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Philippines.[1]

It is found in forests, brushwood, shrublands, rocks, near buildings, watercourses, on elevations from sea level to 4,000 metres at the highest.[1]

Medicinal usage

The plant is used as a medicinal herb in China, where it is a constituent of more than 100 herbal medicines. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[1] Furthermore, many compounds are present, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, phenolic acids, terpenes, volatile oils and carotenoids, in addition to anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-leptospirosis, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, antiviral, antitumoral, analgesic, mutagenic, and toxicological activities.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Senecio scandens Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. Senecio scandens - Buch.-Ham. Plants For A Future. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham.: a review on its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity Dongmei Wang , Linfang Huang, Shilin Chen. National Library of Medicine. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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