Fumaria | |
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Fumaria officinalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Subfamily: | Fumarioideae |
Tribe: | Fumarieae |
Subtribe: | Fumariinae |
Genus: |
Fumaria L. |
Type species | |
Fumaria officinalis |
Fumaria (fumitory or fumewort, from Latin fumus terrae, "smoke of the earth") is a genus of about 60 species [1] of annual flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. The genus is native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North, South America and Australia. [2] Fumaria species are sometimes used in herbal medicine. Fumaria indica contains the alkaloids fuyuziphine and alpha- hydrastine. [3] [4] Fumaria indica may have anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential. [5]
There are about 50 species: [6]