Assignment/exercise
USC Plant Profile - Fabaceae, Crotalaria lanceolata
University of the Sunshine Coast
2022
Appears in UniSC Plant Profiles
Abstract
Identified as an exotic weed in coastal Queensland, including Moreton and the Wide Bays, the Lance-leaved Rattle Pod is of native African heritage (Brisbane City Council, 2022). Whilst belonging to the edible Fabaceae family, the Lance-leaved Rattle Pod cannot be easily consumed and is rather a popular ingredient within traditional South African, specifically Tanzanian herbal medicine, magic, and charm practices. It is suggested that its long-lived tribal use within medicinal good luck charms and love philtres is due to the chemical and bioactive properties of the plant, which when combined with other constituents can influence both natural and social phenomena (Van Wyk, 2019). A 2005 study found that within the Lance-leaved Rattle Pod root is a chemical compound known as Pyrrolizidine alkaloids which is effective in reducing the severity and symptoms of coughs (Steenkamp et al., 2005).
Details
- Title
- USC Plant Profile - Fabaceae, Crotalaria lanceolata
- Authors
- Gemma Webster (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Location
- Latitude: -27.270 Longitude: 152.983; USC Moreton Bay Campus Temporary Carpark
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date collected
- 30-Mar-2022
- Date published
- 2022
- Copyright note
- © The Author. Reproduced with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99708798302621
- Output Type
- Assignment/exercise; Plant Profile Sheet
- Teaching and Learning
- ENS221; Plant Diversity and Ecology
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