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Ecbolium viride
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Ecbolium
Species:	E. viride
Binomial name
Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston
Synonyms
Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke Ecbolium viride var. chandrasekariana Remadevi & Binojk. Ecbolium viride var. dentatum (Klein ex Link) M.R.Almeida Ecbolium viride var. laetevirens Raizada Justicia rotundifolia Nees Justicia viridis Forssk.

Ecbolium viride is a species of Ecbolium of the family Acanthaceae. It can be found in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, where it is widely used as a medicinal plant.

Chemical present

Leaves, roots and flowers contain orientin, vitexin, isoorientin, isovitexin.

References

1. ^ "Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston". INDIA BIODIVERSITY PORTAL.
2. ^ "ECBOLIUM VIRIDE (Forsk.) Alst". mpbd.info. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
3. Cheedella, Hari Kumar; Alluri, Ramesh; Ghanta, Krishna Mohan (2013). "Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effect of Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston roots against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in Albino Wistar rats". Journal of Pharmacy Research. 7 (6): 496–501. doi:10.1016/j.jopr.2013.06.001.
4. Lalitha KG and Sethuraman MG (2010). "Anti-inflammatory activity of roots of Ecbolium viride (Forsk) Merrill". J Ethnopharmacol. 128 (1): 248–50. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.12.030. PMID 20045456.

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