Asarum canadense

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Asarum canadense L.

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plante
Ordre Piperales
Famille Aristolochiaceae
Genre Asarum

2n =

Origine : est de l'Amérique du Nord

sauvage et cultivé

Français asaret du Canada
Anglais wild ginger


Résumé des usages
  • épice
  • médicinal
  • racine : snakeroot oil
  • ornemental


Description

Noms populaires

français asaret du Canada, gingembre sauvage
anglais wild ginger, Canadian snakeroot

Classification

Asarum canadense L. (1753).

Cultivars

Histoire

Usages

Asarum canadense Linn. Aristolochiaceae. SNAKEROOT. WILD GINGER. North America. Barton [1] says the dried, pulverized root is commonly used in many parts of our country as a substitute for ginger, and Balfour [2] says it is used as a spice in Canada.

  1. ↑ Barton, W. P. C. Med. Bot. 2: 89. 1818.
  2. ↑ Balfour, J. H. Man. Bot. 576. 1875.


Mainly grown as an ornamental. Recently cultivated for production of essential oils in the USA. The plant is used because of its aromatic root (E. oil of snakeroot; G. Kanadisches Schlangenwurzelöl). The drug is used for coughs, asthma, chills and rheumatic disorders. Women of the North American Popo tribe use wild ginger as a contraceptive, the Ojibwa Indians for fractures. Extracts from leaves and stems possess anti-bacterial activities. Wild distribution: North America.

Mansfeld.


Références

  • Janick, J. & J. E. Simon (eds.) - Advances in new crops. Proc. 1st Natl. Symp. NEW CROPS: research, development, economics, Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 23-26, 1988. Timber Press Portland 1990: 560 p.
  • Muir, A. M. (1995) - The cost of reproduction to the clonal herb Asarum canadense (wild ginger). - Canad. J. Bot. 73 (10): 1683-1686.
  • Nickell, L. G. (1959) - Antimicrobial activity of vascular plants. - Econ. Bot. 13 (4): 281-318.
  • Roth, L. & K. Kormann - Duftpflanzen und Pflanzendüfte: ätherische Öle und Riechstoffe. ecomed Landsberg 1997: 496 p.

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