MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH064 : Smithia conferta Sm. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 155 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Endemic | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Fabaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Paired flower smithia, naichi bhaji, laksmana | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Damapana conferta (Sm.) Kuntze Smithia conferta var. geminiflora (Roth) T.Cooke Smithia geminiflora Roth Smithia geminiflora var. coferta Baker [Spelling variant] Smithia geminiflora var. conferta Baker Smithia hispidissima Zoll. & Morong |
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| Description : | Erect or scandent herbs; stems glabrous. Leaflets 5 or 6 pairs, 7-13 x 2-4 mm, oblong, acute, strongly bristled along margins and midribs below; rachis terminate into a bristle; stipule 13 mm long, ovate above, 2-lobed below. Flowers solitary or paired, pedicelled; bracts 7 mm long, ovate, cuspidate. Calyx 8 x 5 mm, lobes undivided; petals yellow with red lineole. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | anti-microbial, anti-ulcer, regulating fertility, biliousness, rheumatism, uterine trouble, sterility problem in women, laxative and used as tonic, the powered form of leaves mixed with honey was prescribed for cholera, its ointment is used to cure eliphanteasis, treat stomach ache and ulcers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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