Digitalis lanata Ehrh.
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Digitalis lanata Ehrh. |
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Names.
English: Grecian foxglove, woolly foxglove.
Range.
Danube region and Greece; naturalized in northeastern North America. Cultivated in Myanmar.
Use.
Leaf: Used as heart tonic.
Notes.
In India the leaf is used as a cardiac stimulant and tonic ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).
Reported chemical constituents include the cardiac glycosides, dioxin, gitoxin, and dilanane ( Perry 1980). Dried leaves are a source of the drug digitalis. Two European species of Digitalis are cultivated in the Far East as a well known source of the heart tonic digitalin ( Perry 1980). D. lanata is said to have greater strength that D. pupurea ( Perry 1980).
Reference.
Nordal (1963).
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