Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth

Caracus wigandia (en), Wigandie brûlante (fr), Caracus Wigandia (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Wigandia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub. It grows 3.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Whooping cough (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (stem), Lung diseases (stem), Whooping cough (stem), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Tenesmus (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Wigandia urens leaf picture by sophie ruin moscodier (cc-by-sa)
Wigandia urens leaf picture by Calderón Caldas Douglas (cc-by-sa)
Wigandia urens leaf picture by Rosell Ramon (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Wigandia urens flower picture by Antonio Luis Caño Delgado (cc-by-sa)
Wigandia urens flower picture by Fernández Fernández (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Wigandia urens fruit picture by Calderón Caldas Douglas (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Wigandia urens world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Malta, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Wigandia urens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432878-1
WFO ID wfo-0000427783
COL ID 5BYPS
BDTFX ID 72966
INPN ID 130091
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Wigandia kunthii Wigandia macrophylla Wigandia caracasana Wigandia urens Wigandia scorpioides Wigandia peruviana Ernstamra macrophylla Ernstamra scorpiodes Ernstamra urens Hydrolea caracassana Hydrolea scorpioides Hydrolea urens Wigandia darii Ernstamra caracasana Cohiba urens Wigandia urens var. caracasana Wigandia caracasana var. viscosa Wigandia caracasana var. macrophylla Wigandia vigieri Wigandia caracasana var. calycina Wigandia kunthii var. intermedia Wigandia kunthii var. viscosa Wigandia caracasana f. viscosa Wigandia urens var. urens Wigandia kunthii var. macrophylla Hydrolea auriculata