Stillingia
| Stillingia | |
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| Stillingia linearifolia | |
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| Genus: | Stillingia Garden ex L. 1767 (Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 611, 637) not L. 1767 (Mant. Pl. 1:19)
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Gymnostillingia Müll.Arg. | |
Stillingia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1767.[2] The genus is native to Latin America, the southern United States, and various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[1][3][4][5][6] Toothleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.[7]
Medical use
Stillingia sylvatica was used by Native Americans for syphilis and as a cathartic, diuretic, laxative, and emetic.[8] In large doses, it causes vomiting and diarrhea.
- Species[1]
- formerly included[1]
moved to other genera (Actinostemon Adenopeltis Anomostachys Balakata Bonania Ditrysinia Excoecaria Grimmeodendron Gymnanthes Homalanthus Maprounea Microstachys Neoshirakia Sapium Sclerocroton Sebastiania Shirakiopsis Spegazziniophytum Spirostachys Triadica )
References
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, Stillingia Garden ex L.
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144
- ^ Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281
- ^ NRCS. "Stillingia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Native American Ethnobotany