Michauxia
Sign in to saveMichauxia is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. First described in 1788, this genus contains 8 known species native to southwestern Asia.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCampanulaceae
Native toIran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye
General: Michauxia (in honour of the French botanist, Andre Michaux
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- Medicinal properties
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Michauxia is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. First described in 1788, this genus contains 8 known species native to southwestern Asia. Michauxia campanuloides L'Hér. - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine Michauxia koeieana Rech.f. - Iran Michauxia laevigata Vent. - Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Turkey Michauxia mormoriana Jalilian and Rastegari - Iran Michauxia nuda A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq Michauxia stenophylla Boiss. & Hausskn. in P.E.Boissier - Iran Michauxia tchihatcheffii Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey Michauxia thyrsoidea Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier - Turkey
==Medicinal properties== Several species of Michauxia - notably M. nuda and M. tchihatcheffii - are used in the treatment of wounds in Turkish folk medicine. Recent scientific evaluation has confirmed that these plants possess wound-healing, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.