Ophiorrhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family (Rubiaceae). Species of the genus contain camptothecin, an alkaloid used to make chemotherapeutic agents.
So many of Ophiorrhiza species are endemic to certain areas of western Ghats.
Ophiorrhiza acuminata
Ophiorrhiza bracteata
Ophiorrhiza cantoniensis
Ophiorrhiza dulongensis
Ophiorrhiza filistipula
Ophiorrhiza liukiuensis+
Andika dalili au ugonjwa na usome juu ya mimea ambayo inaweza kusaidia, chapa mimea na uone magonjwa na dalili ambazo hutumiwa dhidi yake.
* Habari zote zinategemea utafiti wa kisayansi uliochapishwa