Rubia cordifolia (binomen a Carolo Linnaeo statutum) est species plantarum familiae Rubiacearum in Asia orientali (et fortasse alibi) nativa,[1] ibidem et in Asia australi Africaque culta propter pigmentum e radicibus extractum et folia medicinalia. Folia ab hominibus atque etiam a Panibus troglodytis morbo afflictis glutiuntur.[2]
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