See text Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.

Members of the genus grow within 16◦ and 51◦ latitude in the arid mountainous regions of South America between 1000–4900 m above sea level.

The plants are employed as an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory (through infusions and decoctions), as well as to set broken bones, using the resin exuded by the foliage and branches.

[3] A range of current studies have validated the diuretic and anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidant for Fabiana species including F. imbricata F. patagonica, F. punnensis, F. densa, and particularly, F. bryoides, which also inhibited spontaneous mutanogenisis in the bacterium Salmonella typhimumrium by up to 50% with no impact on cell viability.

[4] Interest in F. imbricata has extended into the development of invitro culturing of the plant’s tissue for the harvesting of secondary metabolites for further research.