Echium hypertropicum

Echium hypertropicum
Echium hypertropicum at Ribeira Principal in Santiago Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Dicotyledons
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiids
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species: E. hypertropicum
Binomial name
Echium hypertropicum
Webb, 1849

Echium hypertropicum is a species of flowers that belong to the Boraginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. Its last form of the scientific name is related to being inside the tropics.

Together with Echium vulcanorum and Echium stenosiphon, its local name is lingua de vaca (cowtongue or cow-tongue) because of the texture of the leaves.[1] By its γ-linolenic acid, the plant are used for medicinal and dietary purposes.[2]

Echium hypertropicum near Ribeira Principal in Santiago

Variation

Old plants higher than 0.5–1 m are extremely rare today.

Distribution and ecology

Artemisia gorgonum are founded in the Sotavento islands of Santiago (in the area of Ribeira Principal) and Brava. It is mainly occurring in the subhumid and humid zones, but it has also been reported from the arid zone on Santiago.

Other

Echium hypertropicum can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa in São Jorge dos Órgãos in eastern Santiago Island.

References

  1. ↑ Gomes et al 2003, p. 16
  2. ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" [Traditional Medicinal Plants in Cape Verde] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echium hypertropicum.
Wikispecies has information related to: Echium hypertropicum
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.