Anemone rivularis, Himalajanvuokko, Bach-Windröschen, River Anemone, Phong quỳ suối, Bäckanemon

 

Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
Family: Ranunculaceae

Synonyms: Anemone dubia Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Anemone esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot, Anemone geraniifolia Wall., Anemone hispida Wall., Anemone leveillei Ulbr., Anemone longipes Tamura, Anemone rivularis var. daliensis X.D.Dong & Lin Yang, Anemone rivularis var. rivularis, Anemone saniculifolia H.Lév., Anemone wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Anemonidium rivulare (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Starod.

• Common name: River Anemone, River Windflower
• Hindi: Angeli, Mirchilee, Ageli, Charbini, Maruiri
• German: Bach-Windröschen, Gewöhnliches Bach-Windröschen
• Finnish: Himalajanvuokko
• Chinese: 草玉梅, jia chang yin lian hua
• Nepalese: dhanero, seyo bikh, Subka , Subka karpo, Dumbu metok,  Kangrate, Kangresjhar
• Vietnamese: Phong quỳ suối
• Swedish: Bäckanemon

Description: Perennial herbs, densely clothed with hairs at the base. Leaves 6-8 x 4-7 cm, thrice lobed, hairy, acute. Flowers solitary or several on simple scape of cymes, to 20 cm; involucre 3-partite; sepals 5, imbricate, petalloid, white, lower side blue, 11 x 8 mm, oblong-ovate; stamens numerous, filaments of various length; carpels numerous. Achenes in heads, 6 mm long, sessile, beaked.


Root paste applied on boils to exude pus. Seeds used to treat wounds. Leaves as emetic, given in spleen disorders, used for ear complaints and for maggots in sores. Veterinary medicine, plant juice insecticide. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

Used in indigestion, cough, cold and fever; generates digestive heat and dries lymph fluid. [Medicinal Plants of Dolpo]

16 published articles of Anemone rivularis
1.    Anemone rivularis inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity and tumor growth Chung, T.-W., et al., Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2017. 203: p. 47-54.
2.    Structural heterozygosity and cytomixis driven pollen sterility in Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC. from Western Himalaya (India) Kumar, R., et al., Caryologia, 2015. 68(3): p. 246-253.
3.    Cytotoxic Oleanane-Type Triterpenoid Saponins from the Rhizomes of Anemone rivularis var. flore-minore Wang, X., et al., Molecules, 2014. 19(2): p. 2121-2134.
4.    A new cerebroside from Anemone rivularis Shao, J.-H., C.-C. Zhao, and R. Zhao, Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2013. 49(4): p. 694-695.
5.    A new triterpenoid with antimicrobial activity from Anemone rivularis Zhao, C.-C., J.-H. Shao, and J.-D. Fan, Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2012. 48(5): p. 803-805.
6.    Two new glycosides from the whole plant of Anemone rivularis var. flore-minore Ding, Y., et al., Phytochemistry Letters, 2012. 5(3): p. 668-672.
7.    A new saponin and other constituents from Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham Chau Thi Anh, M., et al., Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2012. 44: p. 270-274.
8.    Triterpenoid saponins from Anemone rivularis var. flore-minore Ding, Y., et al., Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2011. 39(3): p. 236-239.
9.    Flower heliotropism of Anemone rivularis (Ranunculaceae) in the Himalayas: effects on floral temperature and reproductive fitness Zhang, S., et al., Plant Ecology, 2010. 209(2): p. 301-312.
10.    Chromatin Transfer during Male Meiosis Resulted into Heterogeneous Sized Pollen Grains in Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC. from Indian Cold Deserts Singhal, V.K., et al., Cytologia, 2009. 74(2): p. 229-234.
11.    Floral morphogenesis of Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC. var. flore-minore maxim. (Ranunculaceae) with special emphasis on androecium developmental sequence Chang, H.L., Y. Ren, and A.M. Lu, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2005. 47(3): p. 257-263.
12.    Morphological observations on metamorphosed sepals in Anemone rivularis var.flore-minore (Ranunculaceae) Chang, H.L., Y. Ren, and L.T. Feng, Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 2005. 43(3): p. 225-232.
13.    The chemical constituents from Anemone rivularis Liao, X., et al., Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities-Chinese, 2001. 22(8): p. 1338-1341.
14.    APPLICATION OF BORATE ION-EXCHANGE MODE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY TO SEPARATION OF GLYCOSIDES - SAPONINS OF GINSENG, S.-M.G.A.A.-R.B.-H.Y., H., et al., Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1986. 34(7): p. 2859-2867.
15.    SAPONINS FROM ANEMONE-RIVULARIS Mizutani, K., et al., Planta Medica, 1984. 50(4): p. 327-331.
16.    RIVULARININ, A.N.S.F.A.-R.T., K. P. and R.B. Singh, Phytochemistry, 1978. 17(11): p. 1991-1994.