MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH061 : Psoralea corylifolia L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 149 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In cultivated fields and wastelands around villages sites | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Endemic | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Leguminosae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Bawchi, Psoralea Seed, Malay Tea, Cot Chu, Ku Tzu Malaysia, Scurf-pea, Malaysian Scurfpea, P'o Ku Chih, Pha Cot Chi, Bemchi, Babachi; Bakuchi, Bvalguja, Bakuchi, Chanderlekha, Chanderprabha, Kusthahantri, Sitavari, Somraji, Krishnaphala. | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cullen corylifolia (L.) Medik. Cullen corylifolius (L.) Medik. Lotodes corylifolia (L.) Kuntze Lotodes corylifolium (L.) Kuntze Psoralea patersoniae Schonl. Psoralea pattersoniae Schönland Trifolium unifolium Forssk. |
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| Description : | Erect annual, 60-125 cm tall. Stem pubescent and brown punctate. Leaf alternate, unifoliolate, petiole c. 2 mm long, rachis 1-4.5 cm long, lamina 3.7-7.5 cm long, 2.5-5.0 cm broad, cordate, subovate rarely ovate, margin dentate, tip obtuse, subtruncate, mucronate, pubescent and nigro-punctate on both sides, stipules lanceolate, persistent, 5-10 mm long. Inflorescence a peduncled raceme, peduncle 1.5-7.0 cm long, 3 flowers in the axil of each bract, bracts 2-3 mm long. Pedicel c. 1 mm long. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip 3-4 mm long, formed of 4 teeth, lower lip 4-5 mm long, formed of 1 tooth, pubescent and punctate. Vexillum 5-6 mm long. Fruit 4.5 mm, ovoid, glabrous, black, pitted, mucronate. Fl.Per.: August-December. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Skin diseases, chemo-protective, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial. Seeds of this plant are anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, aphrodisiac, astringent, cardiac, cytotoxic, stimulant and diuretic in nature. Leprosy destroyer., leucoderma, skin rash and infections associated with skin. blood purifier; Anti-cancer (Pahari et al., 2016) | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Bakuchiol raffinose limonene alpha-elemene gamma-elemene beta-caryophyllene oxide 4-terpineol linalool geranyl acetate Psoralen Iso-psoralen Psoralenoside Iso-psoralenoside Psoralenol angelicin Bakuchiol Psoralidin Corylifonol Isocorylifonol Corylifolean Corylifolin Corylifolinin bakuchicin psoralidin isopsoralidin bavachin isobavachin bavachinin bavachalcone isobavachalcone 7-O-methyl bavachin bavachromanol corylin corylidin corylinal 4-O-methyl bavachalcone neobavaisoflavone bavachromene neobavachalcone bakuchalcone isoneobavachalcone psoralone isopsoralone psoralidin-2,3-oxide diacetate astragalin p-hydroxybenzoic acid stigmasterol triaconate Beta-sitosterol-d-glucoside Bavacoumestans A and Bavacoumestans B Sophoracoumestan A corylinin Raffinose diadzein trilaurin coumesterol angelicin Beta-sitosterol Bavachanin corylfolinin corylinal neobavaisoflavone bavachromanol |
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| Reference : | ~ Fang Liu, Nan-Xia Xuan, Song-Min Ying, Wen Li, Zhi-Hua Chen and Hua-Hao Shen; "Herbal Medicines for Asthmatic Inflammation: From Basic Researches to Clinical Applications"; Mediators of Inflammation (2016); Article ID 6943135, 12 pages PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 PMID : ~ Anupama Thapliyal, Roop Krishen Khar, Amrish Chandra; "Overview of Cancer and Medicinal Herbs used for Cancer Therapy"; Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics (2018); 12(1): S1-8 PMID : |
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