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botanical illustration of Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia flava

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Sarracenia flava

Sarracenia flava

Kapturnica żółta · Sarracénia jaune · Sarracénie jaune · Sarracénie jaune, Sarracénia jaune · Sárga kürtvirág · Trumpets · Yellow Pitcherplant · Yellow pitcherplant · gelbe Schlauchpflanze · gul flugtrumpet · keltatötterö · saracénia žltá · trumpetleaf · trumpets · umbrella-trumpets · yellow pitcherplant

At a glance

Origin / distribution: US, SE

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Kidney, Laxative, Liver, Stomach

Science studied: BETULIN, BETULINIC-ACID, ALPHA-AMYRIN, ASTRAGALIN

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Sarraceniaceae

Scientific name: Sarracenia flava

Common names: Kapturnica żółta, Sarracénia jaune, Sarracénie jaune, Sarracénie jaune, Sarracénia jaune, Sárga kürtvirág, Trumpets, Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow pitcherplant, gelbe Schlauchpflanze, gul flugtrumpet, keltatötterö, saracénia žltá, trumpetleaf, trumpets, umbrella-trumpets, yellow pitcherplant

History

The source record documents this plant in US, SE.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

  • Kidney
  • Laxative
  • Liver
  • Stomach
  • Dyspepsia

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • US
  • SE

Documented cultural uses

  • Kidney
  • Laxative
  • Liver
  • Stomach
  • Dyspepsia

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Selective Bacterial Community Enrichment between the Pitcher Plants Sarracenia minor and Sarracenia flava. · 2021 source ↗
  • Selective Bacterial Community Enrichment Between the Pitcher Plants Sarracenia Minor and Sarracenia Flava · 2020 source ↗
  • Population Genetic Structure and Natural Establishment of Hybrids Between Sarracenia flava and Sarracenia minor in Francis Marion National Forest · 2020 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • BETULIN
  • BETULINIC-ACID
  • ALPHA-AMYRIN
  • ASTRAGALIN
  • 1-METHYL-2-ETHYL-BENZENE
  • 1-METHYL-3-ETHYL-BENZENE
  • 1-METHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE
  • HYDROXY-PHENYLBENZENE
  • 3,5-DIMETHYL-METHYLBENZOATE
  • BENZOTHIAZOLE
  • BENZYL-ALCOHOL
  • BETULINALDEHYDE
  • CARVACROL
  • CARYOPHYLLENE
  • CONIINE
  • O-CRESOL
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  • METHYLCYCLOHEXANONE
  • EO
  • EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER
  • FOENICULIN
  • 2,4-DIMETHYL-HEPTA-2,4-DIENAL
  • N-HEPTADECANE
  • HEX-3-ENE-1-OL
  • N-HEXADECANE
  • HUMULENE
  • HYPEROSIDE
  • 1,1,3-TRIMETHYL-P-3-PHENYLINDAN
  • LUPEOL
  • ACETYL-NAPHTHALENE
  • NONAN-1-AL
  • N-PENTADECANE
  • P-METHOXY-PHENOL
  • PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
  • 2-PHENYLETHANOL
  • BETA-PINENE
  • SARRACENIN
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • P-TOLUALDEHYDE
  • N-TRIDECANE
  • N-UNDECANE
  • M-XYLENE
  • O-XYLENE

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia flava · US Forest Service - Southern Region

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

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