Bergenia crassifolia
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Bergenia crassifolia
| Bergenia crassifolia | |
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| Bergenia crassifolia, like many of its congeners, was originally believed to be a saxifrage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Bergenia |
| Species: | B. crassifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch |
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Bergenia crassifolia var. crassifolia |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bergenia cordifolia (Haw.) Sternb. |
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Bergenia crassifolia, the badan, Siberian tea, Mongolian tea, leather bergenia, winter-blooming bergenia, heartleaf bergenia, elephant's ears or elephant-ears, is a plant species in the genus Bergenia. It is about 12 inches tall. The leaves are spoon-shaped. One cultivar is Bergenia crassifolia 'Autumn Red.'
B. crassifolia contains the polyphenols arbutin[1], kaempferol 3-lathyroside, catechin 3-O-gallate[2], tannins and the pectin bergenan[3].
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References
- ^ Natural Resources Containing Arbutin. Determination of Arbutin in the Leaves of Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch. acclimated in Romania. Carmen Pop, Laurian Vlase, Mircea Tamas, Not. Bot. Hort. Agrobot. Cluj 37 (1) 2009, 129-132
- ^ Bergenia on metabolomics.jp
- ^ Structural study of bergenan, a pectin from Bergenia crassifolia. V. V. Golovchenko, O. A. Bushneva, R. G. Ovodova, A. S. Shashkov, A. O. Chizhov and Yu. S. Ovodov, Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, Volume 33, Number 1, 47-56, DOI: 10.1134/S1068162007010050
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