Senecio scandens
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|image_caption = Specimen in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Senecio
|species = scandens
|authority = Buch.-Ham. (1825)
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Senecio scandens, also known as climbing Senecio, is a climber in the family Asteraceae that is native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.[https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Senecio+scandens Senecio scandens] Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
Description
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Featuring a rhizomatous rootstock, it is a 2-5 metres long evergreen climber that produces slender, scrambling, multibranched woody stems. Frost-tender, it produces yellow daisy-like flowers which are borne in autumn.[https://pfaf.org/USER/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Senecio+scandens Senecio scandens - Buch.-Ham.] Plants For A Future. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
Distribution
The plant is native to China, southern Japan, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Philippines.
It is found in forests, brushwood, shrublands, rocks, near buildings, watercourses, on elevations from sea level to 4,000 metres at the highest.
Medicinal usage
The plant is used as a medicinal herb in China, where it is a constituent of more than 100 herbal medicines. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Furthermore, many compounds are present, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, phenolic acids, terpenes, volatile oils and carotenoids, in addition to anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-leptospirosis, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, antiviral, antitumoral, analgesic, mutagenic, and toxicological activities.[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23747644/ Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham.: a review on its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity] Dongmei Wang , Linfang Huang, Shilin Chen. National Library of Medicine. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent