Baccharis articulata explained

Baccharis articulata is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae.

The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, but was later reclassified by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1807.^[1] The species is used for a variety of medical uses and is also native to parts of South America.

Medical uses

It is used in traditional folk medicine for liver diseases.^[2] It has also been traditionally used to treat digestive disorders and urinary infections.^[3] In Brazil the plant is used to treat diarrhea in cattle.^[4]

Distribution

It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It can be found in the Paranaese forest.^[5] It was also introduced to Spain.^[6]

Flowers

Like almost all baccharis species, Baccharis articulata is dioecious^[7] with unisexual flowers. The flowers are visited by Discodon, Apis mellifera, Lucilia sericata, and Ruizantheda divaricata.

In August and September, the plant has multi-petal flowers which are pale greenish yellow.

Common names

In Portuguese, the species goes by the common name carqueja-branca, carqueja-doce, and carquejinha.^[8]

In English, it goes by the common name salt water false willow.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hortipedia - Baccharis articulata. 2021-10-21. fr.hortipedia.com. fr.
2. Book: Fleurentin. Jacques. Ethnopharmacologie: sources, méthodes, objectifs : actes du 1er Colloque européen d'ethnopharmacologie, Metz, Centre Internationale des Congrès, 23-25 mars 1990. d'ethnopharmacologie. Société française. 1991. IRD Editions. 978-2-7099-1038-5. 357. fr.
3. Torres. Cristina Vanesa. Domínguez. María Julia. Carbonari. José Luis. Sabini. María Carola. Sabini. Liliana Inés. Zanon. Silvia Matilde. 2011-07-01. Study of Antiviral and Virucidal Activities of Aqueous Extract of Baccharis Articulata against Herpes suis virus. Natural Product Communications. en. 6. 7. 993–994. 10.1177/1934578X1100600717. 21834241. 20056220. 1934-578X. free.
4. Book: Duke, James A.. Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America. 2008-10-24. CRC Press. 978-1-4200-4317-4. 85–86. en.
5. Book: Alvarez, María Alejandra. Pharmacological Properties of Native Plants from Argentina. 2019-09-06. Springer Nature. 978-3-030-20198-2. 92–93. en.
6. 183118-1. Baccharis articulata. 25 October 2021.
7. Book: Fernandes. Geraldo Wilson. Neotropical Insect Galls. Santos. Jean Carlos. 2014-06-26. Springer. 978-94-017-8783-3. 195. en.
8. Web site: Distribution, vernacular names, folk medicinal uses and tested biological activity of Baccharis species . SciELO Colombia . scielo.org.co . 25 October 2021.
9. Book: Singh, Amritpal. Compendia of World's Medicinal Flora. 2016-04-19. CRC Press. 978-1-4398-4301-7. 90. en.