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Justicia spicigera

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Internal ID UUID643ff3684557c897620378
Scientific name Justicia spicigera
Authority Schltdl.
First published in Linnaea 7: 395 (1832)

Description Top

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Justicia spicigera, commonly known as Mexican honeysuckle, firecracker bush, moyotle, moyotli, mohintli, muicle, trompetilla, yaxan, or ych-kaan in Mayan, is an evergreen shrub native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. It grows to a height of 2-5 feet and has 2 inch long leaves. The bright orange flowers attract hummingbirds. The leaves and flowers contain various phytochemicals, including carbohydrates, pectins, flavonoids, tannins, essential oils, and minerals. Muicle can be made into a tea by boiling the leaves in water, and has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments. It is also used as a brightening agent in laundry.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Justicia atramentaria Benth. Pl. Hartw. : 69 (1840)
Jacobinia spicigera L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1715 (1915)
Jacobinia atramentaria S.F.Blake Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 103 (1917)
Jacobinia scarlatina S.F.Blake Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 102 (1917)
Jacobinia mohintli (Nees) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(13): 521. 1882 [June 1882]
Justicia mohintli Moc. & Sessé ex Nees Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 361. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]
Sericographis mohintli Nees Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 361. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]
Drejera willdenowiana Nees Prodr. 11: 334 (1847)
Jacobinia neglecta (Oerst.) A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 395 (1878)
Jacobinia mohintli Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(2): 1115. 1876 [May 1876]
Sericographis moctli Nees Linnaea 20: 715 1847
Sericographis neglecta Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 151 (1855)
Justicia liebmanii V.A.W.Graham Kew Bull. 43: 612 (1988)
Justicia scarlatina (S.F.Blake) V.A.W.Graham Kew Bull. 43(4): 612. 1988 [28 Nov 1988]

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Language Common/alternative name
English mohintli
Spanish jaohintli
Spanish waxilitli
Arabic شخض توابلي
Chinese 穗花爵床

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000354009
UNII UMF8160LB6
Florida Plant Atlas 4119
USDA Plants JUSP4
Tropicos 102673
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133119-2
The Plant List kew-2330023
Open Tree Of Life 973281
Observations.org 267425
NCBI Taxonomy 141992
Nature Serve 2.736320
IUCN Red List 198888924
IPNI 133119-2
iNaturalist 164323
GBIF 3173104
Freebase /m/03qlh5s
EPPO IUISP
EOL 483160
Elurikkus 370053
USDA GRIN 429215
Wikipedia Justicia_spicigera

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Exploring the pharmacological and chemical aspects of pyrrolo-quinazoline derivatives in Adhatoda vasica Khandelwal P, Wadhwani BD, Rao RS, Mali D, Vyas P, Kumar T, Nair R Heliyon 08-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10877266
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25727
PMID:38379997
Sustainable Zeolite–Silver Nanocomposites via Green Methods for Water Contaminant Mitigation and Modeling Approaches Ruíz-Baltazar ÁD, Reyes-López SY, Méndez-Lozano N, Medellín-Castillo NA, Pérez R Nanomaterials (Basel) 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10856811
doi:10.3390/nano14030258
PMID:38334529
Synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic activities of green sol-gel ZnO nanoparticles using Abelmoschus esculentus and Salvia officinalis: A comparative study versus co-precipitation-synthesized nanoparticles Aalami Z, Hoseinzadeh M, Hosseini Manesh P, Aalami AH, Es'haghi Z, Darroudi M, Sahebkar A, Hosseini HA Heliyon 09-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10828648
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24212
PMID:38298703
An Ethyl Acetate Extract of Eryngium carlinae Inflorescences Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in the Liver of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats Trejo-Hurtado CM, Landa-Moreno CI, la Cruz JL, Peña-Montes DJ, Montoya-Pérez R, Salgado-Garciglia R, Manzo-Avalos S, Cortés-Rojo C, Monribot-Villanueva JL, Guerrero-Analco JA, Saavedra-Molina A Antioxidants (Basel) 07-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10294959
doi:10.3390/antiox12061235
PMID:37371966
In Vitro Biological Activity and Lymphoma Cell Growth Inhibition by Selected Mexican Medicinal Plants Rodríguez-Garza NE, Quintanilla-Licea R, Romo-Sáenz CI, Elizondo-Luevano JH, Tamez-Guerra P, Rodríguez-Padilla C, Gomez-Flores R Life (Basel) 06-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10143981
doi:10.3390/life13040958
PMID:37109486
Antioxidants in Traditional Mexican Medicine and Their Applications as Antitumor Treatments Soto KM, Pérez Bueno JD, Mendoza López ML, Apátiga-Castro M, López-Romero JM, Mendoza S, Manzano-Ramírez A Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 23-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10145960
doi:10.3390/ph16040482
PMID:37111239
Mexican traditional medicines for women’s reproductive health Cabada-Aguirre P, López López AM, Mendoza KC, Garay Buenrostro KD, Luna-Vital DA, Mahady GB Sci Rep 16-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9935858
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-29921-1
PMID:36797354
Overview of the Justicia Genus: Insights into Its Chemical Diversity and Biological Potential Carneiro MR, Sallum LO, Martins JL, Peixoto JD, Napolitano HB, Rosseto LP Molecules 25-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9920429
doi:10.3390/molecules28031190
PMID:36770856
Thermal and pH stability of Justicia spicigera (Mexican honeysuckle) pigments: Application of mathematical probabilistic models to predict pigments stability Jiménez-González O, López-Malo A, González-Pérez JE, Ramírez-Corona N, Guerrero-Beltrán JÁ Food Chem (Oxf) 13-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9791589
doi:10.1016/j.fochms.2022.100158
PMID:36578793
Medicinal plants used by rural communities in the arid zone of Viesca and Parras Coahuila in northeast Mexico Torres-León C, Rebolledo Ramírez F, Aguirre-Joya JA, Ramírez-Moreno A, Chávez-González ML, Aguillón-Gutierrez DR, Camacho-Guerra L, Ramírez-Guzmán N, Hernández Vélez S, Aguilar CN Saudi Pharm J 12-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9845112
doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2022.11.003
PMID:36685306
In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of Methanol Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used in Mexico against Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Elizondo-Luévano JH, Gomez-Flores R, Verde-Star MJ, Tamez-Guerra P, Romo-Sáenz CI, Chávez-Montes A, Rodríguez-Garza NE, Quintanilla-Licea R Plants (Basel) 27-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9659118
doi:10.3390/plants11212862
PMID:36365315
Microencapsulates by spray of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG from fermented whole or skimmed cow's milk added with Mexican honeysuckle (Justicia spicigera) extract using mesquite gum as carrier agent Jiménez-González O, Guerrero-Beltrán JÁ Heliyon 22-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9513626
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10733
PMID:36177233
Opuntia spp. in Human Health: A Comprehensive Summary on Its Pharmacological, Therapeutic and Preventive Properties. Part 2 Madrigal-Santillán E, Portillo-Reyes J, Madrigal-Bujaidar E, Sánchez-Gutiérrez M, Izquierdo-Vega JA, Izquierdo-Vega J, Delgado-Olivares L, Vargas-Mendoza N, Álvarez-González I, Morales-González Á, Morales-González JA Plants (Basel) 06-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9505094
doi:10.3390/plants11182333
PMID:36145735
Medicinal Plants from Latin America with Wound Healing Activity: Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry, Preclinical and Clinical Studies—A Review Salazar-Gómez A, Alonso-Castro AJ Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 31-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9505834
doi:10.3390/ph15091095
PMID:36145316
Effect of Brown Seaweed (Macrocystis pyrifera) Addition on Nutritional and Quality Characteristics of Yellow, Blue, and Red Maize Tortillas Pérez-Alva A, Baigts-Allende DK, Ramírez-Rodrigues MA, Ramírez-Rodrigues MM Foods 30-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9455798
doi:10.3390/foods11172627
PMID:36076812

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[(2S,3S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-7-[(2S,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 44258935 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=CC(=C3C(=C2)OC(=C(C3=O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O 578.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50020A020
Lespedin 5486199 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=CC(=C3C(=C2)OC(=C(C3=O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O 578.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JEP.2012.06.043

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