Helichrysum umbraculigerum
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Other Names : woolly umbrella helichrysum, kerrikruie (Afr.)
The wide range of this plant stretches from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe to the highlands of the Eastern Cape. It occurs in grasslands, forest edges and streambanks. The natural distribution implies a frost tolerant, summer rainfall plant.
Special Precautions of Helichrysum umbraculigerum
- Source of Cannabinoids.
Health Benefits and uses of Helichrysum umbraculigerum
- Native to South Africa, this daisy has a strong mood-stabilizing and anti-depressant affect due to a large amounts of cannabigerol (CBG), also found in the cannabis plant. Helichrysum has been studied by Italian natural product chemist Giovanni Appendino. He presented at the International Cannabinoid Research Society his discovery that cannabinoid-like compounds are made by plants, starting from an aromatic acid, which is different from the normal cannabinoid biosynthtic route.
- Helichrysum is used in African ritual ceremonies to make fumes with a potential psychotropic effect similar to other cannabinoids.
- From the common Afrikaans name kerriekruie (meaning curry herb) it can be speculated that Helichrysum umbraculigerum has been used for medicinal purposes.
- Many other helichrysums such as H. nudifolium are used for their wound-healing and antifungal properties.
- Source of Cannabinoids.
