Gynura procumbens explained

Gynura procumbens (also known as sabuñgai or sambung nyawa^{[1] [2]}), sometimes called "longevity spinach" or "longevity greens", is an edible vine found in China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Leaves are ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 3.5to long, and 0.8to wide. Flowering heads are panicled, narrow, yellow, and 1to long.^{[3] [4]} The plant grows wild but is also cultivated as a vegetable or medicinal plant. Its young leaves are used for cooking, such as with meat and prawns in a vegetable soup.^[5]

External links

• • Philippine Medicinal Plants, Sabuñgai, Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr., LONGEVITY SPINACH Bai bing ca

Notes and References

1. Bhore. Subhash J.. Ravichantar. Nithya. Loh. Chye Ying. Screening of endophytic bacteria isolated from leaves of Sambung Nyawa [Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.] for cytokinin-like compounds. Bioinformation. 1 November 2010. 5. 5. 191–197. 0973-2063. 10.6026/97320630005191. 21364796. 3040498.
2. Rosidah. null. Yam. Mun Fei. Sadikun. Amirin. Ahmad. Mariam. Akowuah. Gabriel Akyirem. Asmawi. Mohd Zaini. Toxicology evaluation of standardized methanol extract of Gynura procumbens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 22 June 2009. 123. 2. 244–249. 10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.011. 1872-7573. 19429368.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242445159 Flora of China, Gynura procumbens (Loureiro) Merrill, 1923. 平卧菊三七 ping wo ju san qi
4. Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1923. Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 3: 618
5. Book: Yoshitaka . Tanaka . Nguyen . Van Ke . 2007 . Edible Wild Plants of Vietnam: The Bountiful Garden . Thailand: Orchid Press . 978-9745240896 . 50.