author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
description
family name
ACANTHACEAE
Species count in Egypt
represented in egypt with 1 Specie
Glucose and fructose were the main free sugars present in the underground organs of Ruellia gemniflora, followed by sucrose and other oligosaccharides.
The juice of the leaves of Ruellia prostrata Poir., boiled with little salt, is supposed on the Malabar Coast to correct a depraved state of the humors. They are sometimes given as a remedy of gonorrhea.
location
egypt