A carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey; a small herb, forming a rosette of four to seven leaves, which arise from a short subterranean stem that is actually a bulb-like rhizome. Each leaf reaches a maximum size of about three to seven centimeters, depending on the time of year; longer leaves with robust traps are generally formed after flowering. Flytraps that appear to have more leaves are generally colonies, formed by rosettes that have divided beneath the ground. Healthy Venus flytraps will produce scapes of white flowers in spring, however, many growers remove the flowering stem early, as flowering consumes some of the plant's energy, and reduces the rate of trap production. Each white flower consists of 5 sepals and 5 petals each spatulate and approximately 12 mm in length; stamens number 15 (10 to 20). The ovary is superior, 1-ocular with 1 style; the stigma contains numerous elongate papillae. After pollination, an ovid fruit (capsule) is produced containing numerous, tiny, black, obovoid seeds.

Antilymphomic, antineoplastic, immunostimulant, spasmogenic

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Plumbagin (plant)

The plant juice is useful to treat bladder cancer, bone cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, cystosis, Hodgkin’s disease, immunodepression, lymphoma, mastosis, osteosis and prostatosis.

James A Duke and Maryl Fulton. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs - 2nd Edition, P: 752, CRC Press July 2002.