Pergularia is a genus of the botanical family Apocynaceae. Pergularia daemia is a perennial twinning herb that grows along the roadsides of India and tropical and subtropical regions in South Asia, Africa, and Australia.[1]
Pharmacological activities include antiinflammatory, hepatoprotective, anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, analgesic, anti-infertility and central nervous system depressant activity.[2]
Species[3]
Pergularia adenophylla Schltr. & K. Schum. - Cameroon
Pergularia brunoniana (Wight & Arn.) D.Dietr. - India
Pergularia calesiana (Wight) Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. - Himalayas
Pergularia clausa (R.Br.) Spreng. - Jamaica
Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov. - Africa, S Asia
Pergularia exilis (Colebr.) Spreng. - Bangladesh
Pergularia flavescens (A.Cunn.) Hook.f. ex D.Dietr.
Pergularia tomentosa L. - Middle East from Egypt to Pakistan
Pergularia viridiflora (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia
formerly included[3]
Moved to other genera – Cionura, Marsdenia, Strophanthus, Telosma, Vincetoxicum (syn. Tylophora), Vallaris
P. accedens, syn of Telosma accedens
P. africana, syn of Telosma africana
P. angustiloba, syn of Telosma angustiloba
P. celebica, syn of Telosma celebica
P. divaricata, syn of Strophanthus divaricatus
P. erecta, syn of Cionura erecta
P. filipes, syn of Telosma procumbens
P. glabra, syn of Vallaris glabra
P. minor, syn of Telosma cordata
P. pallida, syn of Telosma pallida
P. parviflora, syn of Marsdenia parviflora
P. procumbens, syn of Telosma procumbens
P. puberula, syn of Telosma puberula
P. sanguinolenta, syn of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
P. sinensis, syn of Cryptolepis sinensis
P. tenacissima, syn of Marsdenia tenacissima
P. velutina, syn of Tylophora velutina
^Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
^Karthishwaran K., Mirunalini S. "Therapeutic potential of Pergularia daemia (Forsk.): The ayurvedic wonder" International Journal of Pharmacology 2010 6:6 (836-843)
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