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Dodonaea

Called “Hopseed Bush” in GBIF

Dodonaea, commonly known as hop-bushes, is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia, but 59 species are endemic to Australia.

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78
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
3
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Research on Dodonaea

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What science is finding about Dodonaea

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Latest finding

This scrappy shrub's folk remedies hold up in the lab

A widely growing shrub called Dodonaea viscosa, used for centuries in folk medicine to treat everything from wounds to fevers, contains compounds that lab studies show can fight bacteria, reduce inflammation, and even show anticancer effects, though it hasn't yet been tested in human clinical trials.

Common weedy shrub packs a surprising medicine cabinet of compounds

If you've spotted a scrubby, sticky-leaved shrub along a dry roadside or hillside, you may be looking at a plant traditional...

Dodonaea viscosa medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Comprehensive genomic analysis reveals the class II diterpene cyclases in Dodonaea viscosa.

Hopbush, a tough drought-tolerant shrub grown in gardens worldwide as a hedge or ornamental, has been a folk remedy across...

Dodonaea viscosa medicinal-plants / ethnobotany