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Turnera diffusa

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Turnera diffusa
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico; Central America; West Indies; South America (ne Brazil)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Turnera diffusa is used extensively as an anticough, diuretic, and aphrodisiac agent. It has antibacterial activity against the most common gastrointestinal diseases of Mexico (T. Hernández et al. 2003). Variety aphrodisiaca (Ward) Urban, with glabrous leaves, grows only in Mexico and West Indies.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 167.
Parent taxa Turneraceae > Turnera
Sibling taxa
T. coerulea, T. ulmifolia
Subordinate taxa
T. diffusa var. diffusa
Name authority Willdenow: in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 6: 679. (1820)
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