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Plantago ovata
Sign in to saveAlso known as Desert indianwheat, blond plantain, blond psyllium, ispagol
species of plant
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyPlantaginaceae
Подорожник яйцевидный, или Подорожник исфагула (лат. Plantago ovata) — растение семейства Подорожниковые, вид рода Подорожник, произрастающее в Средиземноморье, на Канарских островах, в Индии, Иране, Афганистане, Пакистане и культивируемое в пределах ареала и в США.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,680
- With media
- 1,749
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Collections
- DCBS-DICTUS-USON, CIBNOR, FC-UABC, INECOL, ENCB-IPN, CHSC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Plantago
- Image
- Plantago ovata form.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Plantago ovata
- taxon common name
- 腺毛车前子
- this taxon is source of
- Psyllium seed husks
- short name
- P. ovata
- taxon author citation
- Forssk.
- taxon range
- Fujian
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Encyclopedic overview
Plantago ovata, known by many common names including blond plantain, desert Indianwheat, blond psyllium, and isabghol, is native to the Mediterranean region and naturalized in central, eastern, and south Asia and North America.
A common source of psyllium, ground psyllium seed husks are indigestible, providing a source of soluble dietary fiber which may be fermented into butyric acid – a short-chain fatty acid – by butyrate-producing bacteria. Plantago ovata is commonly used for commercial products containing psyllium.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plantago ovata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.