Scutellaria barbata
Barbed Skullcap
an annual member of the Scutellaria genus in the family Labiatae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Labiatae
- Genus
- Scutellaria
- Life cycle
- annual
- Height
- 0.45 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Medicinal uses
Historical medicinal uses. These records describe reported uses. They do not establish safety or effectiveness. Ask a qualified health professional before using any plant medicinally.
This section contains historical Plants For A Future notes marked noncommercial.
Used as a detoxicant, mainly in the treatment of certain types of cancer, liver diseases, pharyngitis and poisonous bites[2]. Depurative, diuretic, febrifuge[1]. The juice of the plant is applied to wounds[4].
- Product or use
- Depurative
- Product or use
- Diuretic
- Product or use
- Febrifuge
Environment
- Range
- E. Asia - China, Japan, Korea.
- Habitat
- Fertile and moist areas along the margins of rice paddy fields, streamsides and wet grasslands to 2,000 metres[1][3].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Cultivation
This section contains historical Plants For A Future notes marked noncommercial.
238351
References
? A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Running Press ISBN 0-914294-92-X
Bown. D. Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, London. 1995-00-00 ISBN 0-7513-020-31
Flora of China 1994-00-00 http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Manandhar. N. P. Plants and People of Nepal Timber Press. Oregon. 2002-00-00 ISBN 0-88192-527-6