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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC043 : Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 40  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Merremia Dennst. ex. Endl. - woodrose
Species : Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
Plant Location in Melghat : Morshi along river banks  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Convolvulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Arrow-leaf morning glory, African morningvine (En).
 
Synonym : Xenostegia tridentata
Evolvulus tridentata
Description : Arrow-leaf Morning Glory is a perennial creeper which grows up to 2 m long, and is which commonly found growing on deep sand. Its leaves are almost linear, 5 up to 10cm long, but only up to 1cm wide, dilated toward base. The base of the leaves is arrowshaped, with their 3-lobed, tooth-like base margin. Small yellow flowers sit on up to 6 cm long stalks. Flowers are funnel shaped, pale yellowish or white, with or without a maroon to brown center, 1.6 cm in size. Arrowleaf morning glory's habitat is sandy fields near the coast, cultivated areas, wasteland, roadsides, forest openings. Flowering: All year round.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Maceration of the leaves is drunk as an anti-venom after snake bites. A decoction of a mixture of plants, drunk against candida infections of mouth, digestive tract or anus. In India the plant is one of the sources of the Ayurvedic medicine ‘Prasarini’, which is attributed with astringent, aphrodisiac, laxative and bitter properties. The aerial parts are used in treating haemorrhoids, swellings, rheumatic affections and urinary infections. anti-inflammatory; Anti-arthritic
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Diosmetin
Luteolin
Diosmetin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside
Luteolin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside
Reference : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :