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Psiadia altissima (DC.) Drake - Asteraceae - Iary, Dingadingana

Shrub, native to Madagascar.

„The leaves of this plant are known in folk medicine for their haemostatic, antidiarrheic, carminative and disinfectant properties.“
Major components of the essential oil of the leaves (steam distillation; 0.4-0.7%) were β-pinene (39.7%), (E)-β-ocimene (~7%), terpinen-4-ol (4.8%), humulene (4.8%), limonene (~3.8%), δ-cadinene (3.7%), β-selinene (3.6%), α-pinene (3.4%), linalool (3.4%), viridiflorene (2.9%), β-elemene (2.1%), β-eudesmol (2.1%), myrcene (1.6%), α-muurolene (1.6%), δ-cadinol (1.1%), and germacrene D (1.0%).
[Ramanoelina, Panja AR, et al. „Chemical composition of the leaf oil of Psiadia altissima (Compositeae).“ Journal of Essential Oil Research 6.6 (1994): 565-570]

A commercial essential oil contained β-pinene (43.0%), α-pinene (6.9%), limonene (5.6%), (E)-β-ocimene (4.2%), sabinene (3.3%), caryophyllene (2.8%), myrcene (2.6%), germacrene D (2.3%), cadinadiene (1.7%), humulene (1.6%), (Z)-β-ocimene (1.3%), γ-elemene (1.3%), p-cymene (1.2%), β-phellandrene (1.0%), and β-elemene (1.0%) as main components.
[GC-MS of Dingadingana EO Essence Pur; Andreas Kraska 20210815]

Psiadia altissima (DC.) Drake, Îles Eparses (2011), photographer Jean Hivert (CBNM), Projet Flore des Îles Eparses du Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarin, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/2725926?tab=images