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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC069 : Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Gentianales
Family : Apocynaceae
Genus : Cryptolepis
Species : Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Apocynaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Wax Leaved Climber, Indian sarsaparilla • Hindi: kala bel, karanta • Marathi: dudh-vel, kavali • Tamil: pala koti • Malayalam: katupaalvalli • Telugu: adavipalatiga • Kannada: medhaguli hambu • Oriya: Maloti • Sanskrit: krishnasariva • Nepali: Dudhe, Gaaisinge, Koile Ghuriyo, Kaalo Sariwaa, Krishna Sariwaa
 
Synonym : Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult.
Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall. ex Steud.
Nerium reticulatum Roxb.
Periploca dubia Burm.f.
Trachelospermum cavaleriei H.Lév.
Trachelospermum gracilipes cavaleriei (H. Lév.) C.K. Schneid.
Description : a strong woody plant, climbing trees and having ropelike stems. It can grow to 6 m long. Branchlets are pale gray. Leaft stalks are 1 cm long, with an oblong or elliptic leaf-blade, 10-18 × 4.5-7.5 cm. Leaf base is broadly wedge-shaped, tip rounded or sometimes acute. Flower cymes are like panicles, shorter than leaves. The stalk carrying the cyme is 2-5 mm. Sepals are broadly ovate, 1.5 × 1 mm. Flowers are greenish yellow or yellow-white. Flower tube is 2 mm, petals are long, linear-lancelike, 7 × 1.5-2 mm. Seed pod is cylindric, 6.5-9 × 1-2 cm, with 2 longitudinal ridges. Seeds are brownish, ovate-oblong. Flowering: March-August.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The roots and fruits are used for the treatment of chills and oedema. The plant is used in a preparation that is given to children as a cure for rickets. The latex from the stem is applied to the skin to treat wounds.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :