Rubiaceae
Hamelia patens
Texas Firebush
Location
JNU Nursery
Traditional use
Used in folk herbal medicine for athlete's foot, skin lesions, and insect bites, and traditionally for inflammation, rheumatism, headache, asthma, and dysentery.
Evidence status: Experimentally demonstrated
A 2020 review identifies chlorogenic acid and epicatechin as key bioactive compounds with antioxidant and anti-hyperglycemic activity, and a controlled animal study found the extract measurably increased wound-healing strength compared to untreated controls.
Evidence base: animal models
Multiple authors (2020). A Phytochemical and Ethnopharmacological Recapitulation on Hamelia patens. PubMed (review). PMID:32227313
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