Tellima
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Tellima R.Br. |
| Species: | T. grandiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Tellima grandiflora (Pursh) Dougl. ex Lindl. |
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Tellima grandiflora (Fringecups, Bigflower Tellima) is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Saxifragaceae. A herbaceous plant, with rounded leaves, emerging from a rootstock, up to 30cm high. It is evergreen in mild winters. Flowers are borne in spring and early summer, on spikes up to 60cm high. The green calyx is 6–8 mm long; the five flower petals are greenish-white to purple, pinnately divided and spreading. The petals are deeply fringed.
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[edit] Distribution
The plant is a native of moist forests in western North America, from Alaska and British Columbia to northern California.[1] It is the only species in the genus Tellima.[2][3] It can be a garden escape and become naturalised in some other areas, e.g. Great Britain.
[edit] Uses
It is widely grown in gardens. Different strains have been developed. It seeds itself freely in suitable climates.
This plant, crushed and made into an infusion, was used by the Skagit to aid people in sicknesses such as loss of appetite.[4] Ellagitannins are chemical compounds that have potential antiviral activity.[5] Tellimagrandin II, the first of the ellagitannins, formed from pentagalloyl glucose, is laccase-catalyzed dimerised to cornusiin E in T. grandiflora.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Tellima grandiflora". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Tellima&Species=grandiflora. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- ^ Charles Leo Hitchcock & Arthur Cronquist (1973). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an Illustrated Manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0295952733.
- ^ Mark Turner & Phyllis Gustafson (2006). Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 0881927457.
- ^ Jim Pojar & Andy MacKinnon (2004). Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing. ISBN 9781551055305.
- ^ Stéphane Quideau, Tatiana Varadinova, Diana Karagiozova, Michael Jourdes, Patrick Pardon, Christian Baudry, Petia Genova, Theodore Diakov & Rozalina Petrova (February 2004). "Main structural and stereochemical aspects of the antiherpetic activity of nonahydroxyterphenoyl-containing C-glycosidic ellagitannins". Chemistry & Biodiversity 1 (2): 247–258. doi:10.1002/cbdv.200490021. PMID 17191843.
- ^ Ruth Niemetz & Georg G. Gross (2003). "Ellagitannin biosynthesis: laccase-catalyzed dimerization of tellimagrandin II to cornusiin E in Tellima grandiflora". Phytochemistry 64 (7): 1197–1201. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.08.013. PMID 14599517.
[edit] External links
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