| Accepted name: |
Saponaria officinalis L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Bouncing-bet
Bruise-wort
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| French names: |
Saponaire officinale
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSAPOF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The root-stock contains saponines which are used for washing (soap root), also medicinal plant (Herba et Radix Saponariae, Radix Saponariae rubra, red soap root)(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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