Article is a bit short. Here's a few more to flesh out the topic and the plant, tho honestly only by a smidge (none of these links require javascript enabled)

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany/news/plant-pre...

https://www.earth.com/news/native-fungi-native-trees-plants-...

https://matjournals.net/pharmacy/index.php/IJPPR/article/vie...

https://ijpsr.com/?action=download_pdf&postid=97498