Phlomoides hamosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Phlomoides |
| Species: | P. hamosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Phlomoides hamosa | |
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Synonymy
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Phlomoides hamosa is a perennial flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae native to Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Yunnan in China. Reaches 2.5 metres in height and has reddish or yellow flowers. Favours the margins of subtropical evergreen forests and valleys at altitudes between 1,200 and 2,500 metres.[2]
Medicinal uses
[edit]In Nepal, the plant (which has the Nepali common names Kuro and Golo kuro) is used in the traditional medicine of the country, the juice of the leaves being used to treat snakebite and indigestion.[3]
Chemistry
[edit]Three new nortriterpenoids, notohamosin A (1), B (2) and C (3), having a novel skeleton, as well as eight previously known compounds were isolated from an ethanol extract of the whole plant by a Chinese research team in the year 2003.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Phlomoides hamosa (Benth.) Mathiesen
- ^ "Notochaete hamosa". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Facebook posting by Nepali agricultural cooperative Dhorpatan Laligurans Herbage DLH Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/Dhorpatanlaliguransherbage/photos/scientific-name-notochaete-hamosa-nepali-kuro-golo-kuromedicinal-use-juice-of-th/1558564261023822/ Retrieved at 10.36 on Wednesday 8/6/22.
- ^ Three Novel Nortriterpenoids from Notochaete hamosa Benth. (Labiatae). October 2003 ChemInform 59(41):8227-8232 DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2003.08.029 Authors: Yinggang Luo, Chun Feng, Yajuan Tian, Bogang Li and Guo-Lin Zhang https://www.researchgate.net/publication/244186953_Three_Novel_Nortriterpenoids_from_Notochaete_hamosa_Benth_Labiatae Retrieved at 17.24 on Wednesday 8/6/22.