Global InformationJusticia gendarussa information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Justicia |
| Species: | J. gendarussa
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| Justicia gendarussa Burm.f.
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Justicia gendarussa, commonly known as willow-leaved justicia (Marathi: बाकस, bakas, काळा अडुळसा, kala adulasa; Sanskrit: कसनः, kasanah, वैध्यसिंहा, vaidyasinha),Lapsulis in Creole Seychelles;[2] is a small erect, branched shrub. According to Plants of the World Online it is native to the Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan), Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Philippines, and New Guinea, and has been introduced to Nepal, the western Himalayas, Pakistan, southern China including Hainan and Taiwan, eastern Africa, and the Mascarene Islands, Comoro Islands, and Seychelles.[1] It has been described as rare and endemic to India, though those claims are at least confusing, in the context of statements that the plant is widely used in various forms for many of its medicinal and insecticidal properties,[3] and that it is a quick-growing, evergreen forest shrub considered to be a native of China and distributed in Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.[4]
J. gendarussa is harvested for its leaves for the treatment of various ailments.[5] It is said to be useful for the treatment of asthma, rheumatism and colics of children. Used as a treatment for skin problems like eczema.[6] It may have the potential to be the basis for a birth control pill for men. Clinical tests are being conducted in Indonesia.[7][8][9]
The plant has shown promise as a source of a compound that inhibits an enzyme crucial to the development of HIV.[10][11]
- ^ a b Justicia gendarussa Burm.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Image on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3294969815/
- ^ Agastian, P.; Williams, Lincy; Ignacimuthu, S. (April 2006). "In vitro propagation of Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.–A medicinal plant". Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 5 (2): 246–248. ISSN 0975-0967.
- ^ Dennis Thomas, T.; Yoichiro, Hoshino (2010). "In vitro propagation for the conservation of a rare medicinal plant Justicia gendarussa Burm. F. By nodal explants and shoot regeneration from callus". Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 32 (5): 943–950. doi:10.1007/s11738-010-0482-1. S2CID 24975195.
- ^ Dennis Thomas, T.; Yoichiro, Hoshino (September 2010). "In vitro propagation for the conservation of a rare medicinal plant Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. by nodal explants and shoot regeneration from callus". Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 32 (5): 943–950. doi:10.1007/s11738-010-0482-1. ISSN 0137-5881. S2CID 24975195.
- ^ medicinal uses pharmacographica indica
- ^ Patrick Winn (February 27, 2011). "Indonesia's birth control pill for men". GlobalPost. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ Indonesian Plant Shows Promise for Male Birth Control PBS NewsHour, July 20, 2011
- ^ "Indonesia is about to start producing a male birth control pill that will change the world". Coconuts Jakarta. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Zhang, Hong-Jie; Rumschlag-Booms, Emily; Guan, Yi-Fu; Wang, Dong-Ying; Liu, Kang-Lun; Li, Wan-Fei; Nguyen, Van H.; Cuong, Nguyen M.; Soejarto, Djaja D.; Fong, Harry H. S.; Rong, Lijun (2017). "Potent Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Strains Identified from the Medicinal Plant Justicia gendarussa". Journal of Natural Products. 80 (6): 1798–1807. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00004. PMID 28613071.
- ^ Labmanager /2017/06/ plant compound more powerful than azt