Fabiana imbricata
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Fabiana imbricata is a plant type from the genus Fabiana in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Trade name often Pichi Pichi .
description
Fabiana imbricata is a shrub up to 3.5 m high. On the main branches there are egg-shaped, balding leaves arranged like roof tiles . The flowers are terminal and almost sessile, the flower stalks are only 0.5 to 1.2 mm long. The calyx is cup-shaped and covered with blunt calyx teeth, it reaches a length of 2.5 to 3 mm. The crown is funnel-shaped, mostly white, but now and then also light purple, yellow or bluish and becomes 14 to 20 mm long. The corolla lobes are protruding or bent back. The stamens are two-shaped, the anthers egg-shaped and 1.2 to 1.5 mm long and 1 mm wide. The counters are separate. The scar is easily split.
The fruit is an approximately 6 mm long capsule with 1 to 1.5 × 0.4 to 0.5 × 0.3 mm large seeds .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.
distribution
The species grows in central Chile , as well as in Patagonia and Monte Argentina . The locations are at altitudes of 750 to 3200 m.
use
The shrub is used in South American folk medicine and is preferred in Chile as a strong diuretic . The drug is said to have a worming effect on farm animals. The homeopathic application is an extract of the branch tips or the bark in the form of a mother tincture . The Indians of Northern Chile incense Fabiana in ritual ceremonies in order to keep unwelcome spirits and demons away. The inhaled smoke is said to cause a slight euphoria and, in a cultural context, can trigger "ecstatic" intoxication.
literature
- GE Barboza and Armando T. Hunziker: Solanaceae, parte 8. Nicotianinae, parte A. Fabiana . In: Flora fanerogamica Argentina , Fasc. 56, 1996. Pages 1-9.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fabiana imbricata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Christian Rätsch: Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants , AT-Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3038003526