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bindweed

Herbal medicine
A perennial vine widely distributed thoughout temperate Northern and Southern Hemisphere; it has been used as a laxative and as a folk remedy for jaundice and gallbladder disease, which increases bile flow.
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Families represented by numerous herbaceous climbers were Fabaceae, Dioscoreaceae, and Convolvulaceae, whereas families including woody species such as Bignoniaceae, Passifloraceae, and Vitaceae (Gentry, 1991) were less rich.
7 Fabaceae Bauhinia brachycalyx Ducke 8 Convolvulaceae Maripa peruviana Ooststr.
We quote in February a Convolvulaceae Calystegia sepium (81%), and a Plantaginaceae Plantago crasiifolia (80%).
Analysis of the floristic composition characterized 19 weed species which belong to eight plant families: Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Commelinaceae, Convolvulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Poaceae, Portulacaceae and Solanaceae.
Respecto a los distintos indices de diversidad aplicados, Asteraceae presento los valores mas altos (DMg = 7.391, Ds = 18.672 y H'= 3.201), seguido de Fabaceae (DMg = 6.756, Ds = 13.709 y H'= 3.008) y Cactaceae (DMg = 6.162, Ds = 13.844 y H' = 2.947); mientras que los mas bajos se observaron en Convolvulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Papaveraceae, Plantaginaceae, Passifloraceae y Zygophylaceae (Ds = 1, DMg y H' = 0) (Cuadro 6).