''Badula'' is a small genus of 14-17 species of tropical

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s placed formerly in the

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

family

Myrsinaceae Myrsinoideae is a subfamily of the family Primulaceae in the order Ericales. It was formerly recognized as the family Myrsinaceae, or the myrsine family, consisting of 35 genera and about 1000 species. It is widespread in temperate to tropical ...

(now subsumed in Primulaceae as subfamily Myrsinoideae) endemic to

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

and the

Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Thei ...

Liste d'espèces

Mascarenes endemic species: * Badula balfouriana *

Badula barthesia ''Badula'' is a small genus of 14-17 species of tropical shrubs placed formerly in the plant family Myrsinaceae (now subsumed in Primulaceae as subfamily Myrsinoideae) endemic to Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. Liste d'espèces Mascaren ...

* Badula borbonica * Badula crassa * Badula decumbens * Badula fragilis * Badula grammisticta * Badula insularis * Badula multiflora * Badula nitida * Badula ovalifolia *

Badula platyphylla ''Badula platyphylla'' is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of fore ...

* Badula reticulata * Badula richardiana

endemic species: * Badula leandriana * Badula sieberi * Badula pervilleana

Chemistry

'' Badula multiflora''

A.DC. Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (28 October 18064 April 1893) was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Biography De Candolle, son of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, first devot ...

has been found to possess

antioxidant Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation, a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals. This can lead to polymerization and other chain reactions. They are frequently added to industrial products, such as fuels and lubricant ...

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References

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