University of Arizona Medicinal Plant Walk
Developed by Judy Bevier, PLS Undergraduate, 2009.
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1. Acacia pennatula Medium sized tree with long, pinnately compound leaves and very small leaflets, giving a feather-like appearance. Medicinal Value: Cytotoxic activity against human tumor cells (shows selectivity towards cancer over healthy cells). |
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2. Acacia senegal senegal Small tree with "shrubby" appearance and having short, pinnately-compound leaves subtended by a pair of curved, dark brown spines. Medicinal Value: Bark, when chewed, exhibits antimicrobial activity. |
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3. Acacia victoriae Small tree with simple, strap-shaped leaves subtended by straight, reddish-brown spines. Medicinal Value: Potent anti-tumor properties regulating cell cycles. |
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4. Acacia visco Medium-sized tree with pinnately-compound leaves and shaggy, greyish-brown bark. Medicinal Value: Methanolic extract with anti-ulcerous activity. |
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5. Acacia xanthophloea Large tree with shorter, pinnately compound leaves and a yellowish powder covering the bark. Medicinal Value: Antimalarial. |
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6. Aloe ferox Large Aloe with short spines along the leaf margins as well as scattered across the leaf surfaces. Medicinal Value: Leaf gel has antioxidant, antifungal and antimicrobial components. Aqueous extracts have anti-viral effects. |
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7. Caesalpinia gilliesii Small shrub with large, pinnately-compound leaves and yellow flowers with long, red stamen. Medicinal Value: Anti-tumor properties. |
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8. Citrus x paradisi Medium sized tree with wide, elliptic leaves and grapefruits when in fruit. Medicinal Value: Aromatherapy massage reduces abdominal subcutaneous fat. Grapefruit juice prevents oxidative stress by raising liver antioxidant enzymes. |
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9. Cupressus sempervirens Tall conifer with a narrow, columnar growth habit. Medicinal Value: Antimicrobial. |
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10. Dichrostachys cinerea Medium-sized tree with shorter, pinnately compound leaves. Medicinal Value: Antibacterial; roots are astringent, used in rheumatism and renal troubles. |
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11. Eucalyptus torquata Tall tree with smooth, light reddish-brown bark and bluish-green, lanceolate-shaped leaves. Medicinal Value: Antimicrobial and antitumor properties. |
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12. Ficus carica Small tree with large, palmately-lobed leaves and figs when in fruit. Medicinal Value: Anti-helminthic, antitumorigenic. Fruits are antioxidant. |
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13. Jacaranda mimosifolia Tall tree with large, pinnately compound leaves and large purple flowers, when flowering. Medicinal Value: Antimicrobial. |
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14. Laurus nobilis Small, young tree with leathery, elliptic leaves. Medicinal Value: Essential oil is an analgesic and anti-inflammatory. MRSA-resistant compounds found. Cytotoxic activity. |
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15. Melaleuca leucadendra Small tree with "shrubby" appearance and narrow, lanceolate-shaped leaves. Medicinal Value: Useful for severe headaches. |
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16. Moringa oleifera Medium to tall tree with pinnately-compound leaves comprised of roundish leaflets. Medicinal Value: Essential oil is antifungal. Powerful antioxidant; radical scavenging activity protects LDL from oxidation. |
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17. Parthenium sp. Small shrub with simple, fuzzy, slightly lobed leaves. Medicinal Value: Antitumor. |
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18. Plumeria rubra Small tree with large, elliptic-shaped leaves and beautiful cream and yellow flowers when flowering. Medicinal Value: Anti HIV, inhibitor of RNA tumor-virus transference. |
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19. Podocarpus macrophyllus Medium sized tree with "shrubby" appearance and narrow, lanceolate-shaped leaves which are spirally arranged around the branches. Medicinal Value: Prevents enzyme involved in causing human skin cancer. |
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20. Punica granatum Small to medium sized tree with simple leaves and pomegranates when in fruit. Medicinal Value: Chemopreventive on skin tumor. Male flowers aqueousethnolic extract lowers blood glucose. Other anti-inflammatory effects, including interfering with tumor cell proliferation. |
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21. Quercus ilex Medium sized tree with simple, leathery, elliptic-shaped leaves and acorns when in fruit. Medicinal Value: Bark has antibacterial activity. Aqueous extract made from root bark reduces gastric lesions. |
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22. Solanum erianthum Small shrub with large, fuzzy, elliptic leaves which are alternately arranged along the branches. Medicinal Value: Anti-malarial. |
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23. Tabebuia chrysotricha Medium sized tree with dark green, palmately-compound leaves and new growth covered in a golden pubescence. Medicinal Value: Analgesic properties. |
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24. Taxodium mucronatum Small to medium sized conifer with soft, needle-like leaves and older branches with a drooping appearance. Medicinal Value: Prevents Cathepsin B production which has been implicated in arthritis and certain cancers. |
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