Caryophyllaceae
Dianthus praecox
Carnation
Location
In front of School of Life Sciences, JNU
Traditional use
Used in folk herbal traditions as a bitter digestive and urinary tonic. Traditionally applied externally to skin inflammation and swelling.
Evidence status: Proposed (related-species literature)
Note: the available literature covers the closely related common carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus, rather than confirming findings specifically for this campus specimen's variety. That literature documents flavonoids and phenolic acids with antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activity.
Evidence base: related-species literature, not this specimen's exact variety
Chandra, S., Rawat, D.S., Chandra, D., Rastogi, J. (2016). Nativity, Phytochemistry, Ethnobotany and Pharmacology of Dianthus caryophyllus. Research Journal of Medicinal Plant.
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