Urceola micrantha

Urceola micrantha is a plant species in the genus Urceola. It is a shrub widespread across much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas.

Urceola micrantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Urceola
Species:	U. micrantha
Binomial name
Urceola micrantha (Wall. ex G.Don) D.J.Middleton
Synonyms[1]
List Chavannesia montana (M.R.Hend.) Pichon Cudicia gyrandra Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn Ecdysanthera annamensis Vernet Ecdysanthera brachiata A.DC. Ecdysanthera cambodiensis Pierre Ecdysanthera langbiani Vernet Ecdysanthera linearicarpa Pierre Ecdysanthera linocarpa Pierre Ecdysanthera micrantha (Wall. ex G.Don) A.DC. Ecdysanthera multiflora King & Gamble Ecdysanthera utilis Hayata & Kawak. Echites brachiatus Wall. Echites micranthus Wall. ex G.Don Parabarium brachiatum (A.DC.) Pierre ex Spire Parabarium cambodiensis (Pierre) Pierre ex Spire Parabarium candollei Pierre ex Spire Parabarium chevalieri Pit. Parabarium diu-do Dubard & Eberh. Parabarium langbiani (Vernet) Pichon Parabarium linearicarpum (Pierre) Pichon Parabarium linocarpum Pierre ex Spire Parabarium micranthum (Wall. ex G.Don) Pierre Parabarium multiflorum (King & Gamble) Lý Parabarium spireanum Pierre ex Spire Parabarium utile (Hayata & Kawak.) Lý Parabarium vernetii Pierre ex Spire Urceola linearicarpa (Pierre) D.J.Middleton Urceola montana M.R.Hend.

In Taïwan, it is used in folk medicine as an analgesic, antiphlogistic and spasmolytic agent.[2]

The species contains proanthocyanidin B2, proanthocyanidin A1 and proanthocyanidin A2.

References

1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
2. Proanthocyanidins – a final frontier in flavonoid research? Richard A. Dixon, De-Yu Xie and Shashi B. Sharma, New Phytologist (2005) 165: 9–28 doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01217.x