Phrymaceae FAMILY

Phryma nana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phryma nana is a herbaceous perennial plant forming a cluster of unbranched stems around 30 - 80cm tall, occasionally to 100cm[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and insecticide. Research has shown that the plant contains a number of compounds with powerful insecticidal activity[ 2213 Title Insecticidal Activity of Four Lignans Isolated from Phryma leptostachya Publication Molecules 2019, 24 , 1976 Author Yankai Li et al Website http://10.3390/molecules24101976 Publisher Year 2019 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, eastern and southern China, northern Vietnam, northern India, Nepal

HabitatBroad-leaved forests[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Moist ravines, forests, roadsides, mountain slopes, hillsides; at elevations from 300 - 2,800 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].