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Leonotis leonurus
Leonotis leonurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Leonotis
Species:	L. leonurus = Leonotis leonurus

Leonotis leonurus, also known as Lion's Tail and Wild Dagga, is a plant species in the Lamiaceae (mint) family native to southern Africa.

Medicinal use

The most common use for the plant utilizes the picked and dried leaves brewed as a minty tea.

One experimental animal study suggest that "the aqueous leaf extract of L. leonurus possesses antinociceptive, antiinflammatory, and hypoglycemic properties; thus lending pharmacological credence to folk usage of the herb in the management and/or control of painful, arthritic, and other inflammatory conditions, as well as for adult-onset, type-2 diabetes mellitus in some communities of South Africa."^[1]

Images

Leonotis Leonurus Flowers

See also

• Leonotis nepetifolia
• Leonurine
• Leonurus cardiaca
• Leonurus japonicus
• Leonurus sibiricus

References

External links

• http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LELE3
• http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?21744
• http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6880

From Wikispecies

Leonotis leonurus

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Lamiales
Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Genus: Leonotis
Species: Leonotis leonurus

Name

Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br.

References

• W. T. Aiton, Hortus kew. ed. 2, 3:410. 1811
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. [1]

Vernacular names