{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Aspilia mossambicensis00.jpg |image_caption = ''Aspilia mossambicensis'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Aspilia |authority = Thouars |type_species = ''Aspilia thouarsii'' |type_species_authority = DC. |synonyms = *''Coronocarpus'' {{small|Schumach.}} *''Dipterotheca'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.}} *''Harpephora'' {{small|Endl.}} *''Menotriche'' {{small|Steetz}} *''Wirtgenia'' {{small|Sch.Bip.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Aspilia'' Thouars |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328472-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Aspilia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.<ref>Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 12</ref><ref>[http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1522 Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021031 Tropicos, ''Aspilia'' Thouars ]</ref> ''Aspilia'' is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Yemen, and tropical South America.<ref name=o>[https://archive.today/20141108140620/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=4D43A33E-B714-429E-8653-3B4E61E3321B Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed]</ref><ref name = powo/> Some authors have merged this genus with ''Wedelia'', but others maintain that more study is required.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13752349#page/25/mode/1up Tadessa, Mesfin. 1999. New combinations, varieties, and synonyms in African Compositae. Compositae Newsletter 33:23-32.]</ref>
== Medicinal uses == Historically, ''Aspilia africana'' was used in Mbaise and most Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria to prevent conception, suggesting potential contraceptive and anti-fertility properties.<ref>Oluyemi Kayode A.; Okwuonu Uche C.; Baxter D. Grillo & Oyesola Tolulope, O.,"Toxic Effects of Methanolic Extract of Aspilia africana Leaf on the Estrous Cycle and Uterine Tissues of Wistar Rats" ''Int. J. Morphol.'', 25(3):609-614, 2007.</ref> Leaf extract and fractions of ''A. africana'' effectively arrested bleeding from fresh wounds, inhibited microbial growth of known wound contaminants and accelerated wound healing process.<ref>BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 7 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/7/24</ref> ''Aspilia'' is hypothesized to be used as herbal medicine by some chimpanzees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/8_1%20Chimpanzee%20Medicine%20Chest.htm |title=8_1 Chimpanzee Medicine Chest |access-date=2011-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608070200/http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/8_1%20Chimpanzee%20Medicine%20Chest.htm |archive-date=2011-06-08 }}</ref><ref>Raffaele Paul "Among the Great Apes",Harper, 2010 p98</ref>
== Species== 63 species are currently accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{Columns-list|colwidth=18em| *''Aspilia africana'' {{small|(Pers.) C.D.Adams}} *''Aspilia albuquerquei'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia almasensis'' {{small|D.J.N.Hind}} *''Aspilia andrade-limae'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia angolensis'' {{small|Muschl.}} *''Aspilia angustifolia'' {{small|Oliv. & Hiern}} *''Aspilia aristata'' {{small|Griseb.}} (unplaced) *''Aspilia baumii'' {{small|O.Hoffm.}} (unplaced) *''Aspilia belo-horizontinae'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia bipartita'' {{small|O.Hoffm.}} *''Aspilia bojeri'' {{small|DC.}} *''Aspilia bussei'' {{small|O.Hoffm. & Muschl.}} *''Aspilia caudata'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia calvacantei'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia cearensis'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia chevalieri'' {{small|O.Hoffm. & Muschl.}} *''Aspilia ciliata'' {{small|(Schumach.) Wild}} *''Aspilia clausseniana'' {{small|Baker}} *''Aspilia cordifolia'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia diamantinae'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia diniz-cruziana'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia discolor'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia duarteana'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia eckendorffii'' {{small|Philipson}} *''Aspilia eenii'' {{small|S.Moore}} *''Aspilia egleri'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia erosa'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia espinhacensis'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia foliosa'' {{small|Benth. & Hook.f.}} *''Aspilia gillettii'' {{small|Wild}} *''Aspilia glaziovii'' {{small|Baker}} *''Aspilia goiazensis'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia grazielae'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia hatschbachii'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia helianthoides'' {{small|(Schumach. & Thonn.) Oliv. & Hiern}} *''Aspilia ioletae'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia itabaianensis'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia jolyana'' {{small|G.M.Barroso}} *''Aspilia kotschyi'' {{small|(Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Oliv.}} *''Aspilia kunthiana'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} *''Aspilia latissima'' {{small|Malme}} *''Aspilia linearis'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} *''Aspilia lisowskiana'' {{small|D.J.N.Hind}} *''Aspilia macrorrhiza'' {{small|Chiov.}} *''Aspilia malaissei'' {{small|Lisowski}} *''Aspilia matogrossensis'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia mendoncae'' {{small|Wild}} *''Aspilia minima'' {{small|Humbert}} *''Aspilia mossambicensis'' {{small|(Oliv.) Wild}} *''Aspilia natalensis'' {{small|(Sond.) Wild}} *''Aspilia paludosa'' {{small|Berhaut}} *''Aspilia paraensis'' {{small|(Huber) J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia pereirae'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia platyphylla'' {{small|Huber) J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia pluriseta'' {{small|Schweinf. ex Engl.}} *''Aspilia pohlii'' {{small|Baker}} *''Aspilia prostrata'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia pseudocalea'' {{small|G.H.L. da Silva & A.M.Teles}} *''Aspilia rudis'' {{small|Oliv. & Hiern}} *''Aspilia rugulosa'' {{small|Humbert}} *''Aspilia sahariensis'' {{small|O.Hoffm. & Muschl.}} *''Aspilia subscandens'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} *''Aspilia thouarsii'' {{small|DC.}} *''Aspilia trichodesmoides'' {{small|O.Hoffm.}} *''Aspilia triplinervia'' {{small|(Kunth) S.F.Blake}} }}
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