| Family |
Rubiaceae |
| Scientific name |
Oldenlandia diffusa (Willdenow) Roxburgh |
| Synonyms |
Hedyotis brachypoda R. Brown ex Wallich; Hedyotis diffusa Willdenow; Hedyotis
diffusa Willdenow var. extensa (Hooker f.) R. Dutta; Hedyotis extensa R.
Brown ex Wallich; Hedyotis herbacea Loureiro; Hedyotis polygonoides Wallich;
Hedyotis radicans Bartling ex de Candolle; Hedyotis ramosissima Kurz; Oldenlandia
angustifolia Bentham var. pedicellata Miquel; Oldenlandia brachypoda G.
Don; Oldenlandia corymbosa L. var. uniflora (Bentham) Masamune; Oldenlandia
diffusa (Willdenow) Roxburgh var. extensa Hooker f.; Oldenlandia diffusa
(Willdenow) Roxburgh var. polygonoides Hooker f.; Oldenlandia herbacea
(L.) Roxburgh var. uniflora Bentham; Oldenlandia pauciflora Roxburgh ex
Wight & Arnott |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) futa-ba mugura (フタバムグラ, 双葉葎 [meaning: twin leaved
vine weed]) |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indochina, Thailand,
Bhutan, Nepal, India |
| Habitat |
Swamp, rice paddy |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=32 |
| Description |
Plants 10-20cm tall. Leaves 1-3.5cm long, 1.5-3mm wide. Flowers white ca.
2mm across, flowering in August to September. Annual plants. |
| Reference |
Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb. |
| Burn treatment compositions containing herbal mix (US Patent 5766614/1998) |
| Use of plant extracts for treatment of HIV, HCV and HBV infections (US Patent 5837257/1998) |
| Retrovirus protease inhibitors (US Patent 5916919/1999) |
| Compositions of matter useful in the treatment of viral infections derived from plant extracts (US Patent 5989556/1999) |
| Herbal mixture for treating nasal congestion (US Patent 6193995/2001) |
| Process for preparing an anti-viral medicinal product from plant extracts (US Patent 6214350/2001) |
| Medicinal herbal composition for treating liver diseases and HIV (US Patent 6455078/2002) |
| Herbal immune system stimulant (US Patent 6464982/2002) |
| Pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of topical wounds and ulcers (US Patent 6555118/2003) |
| Herbal pharmaceutical composition for treatment of HIV/AIDS patients (US Patent 6696094/2004) |
| Pharmaceutical composition having prophylactic effects on lamivudine-related disease relapse and drug resistance and methods of using the same (US Patent 6855346/2005) |
| Complex prescription of chinese medicine for the treatment of extensive cancer (US Patent 7005146/2006) |
| Extracts of orange peel for prevention and treatment of cancer (US Patent 7201928/2007) |
| Lipolysis stimulator (US Patent 7300675/2007) |
