MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH134 : Spilanthes calva DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 275 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In drying ponds, moist shaded spots from Kolkaz, Semadoh | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | UNCOMMON | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Asteraceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Akkarakaaram, Akravu, Eripacha, Panicled Spot Flower, jati malkathi, marethi, achara jondi, akalkara, akkalkara, laato ghaans, marethi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Acmella paniculata (Wall. ex DC.) R.K. Jansen Spilanthes paniculata Wall. Spilanthes acmella Murr. |
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| Description : | Panicled Spot Flower is a hairless annual herb. Stems are branched, erect or ascending, up to 30 cm or more tall. Leaves are stalked, ovate to ovate- lanceshaped, 2-4 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad, tip pointed, base narrow, 3-nerved, entire, coarsely or rounded toothedly toothed. Leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long. Flower-heads are borne in panicles carried on 2.5-16 cm long stalks. Heads are disc-like, without any ray-florets, solitary, in leaf axils or at the end of branches, 8.4-12.5 mm tall, 6.9-10 mm in diameter. Receptacle is 5-8 mm tall, 1.1-3 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts are 9-12, in 2-series, ovate-lanceshaped, about 6 mm long, herbaceous, hairless. Disc florets are 90-200, tubular, minute, 4- or 5-lobed. Achenes are obovoid, 3-angled, 3 mm long, tip slightly depressed, margins rough. Pappus of 2 subequal bristles, longer one 0.5-1.1 mm long, shorter one 0.4-0.9 mm long. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Stammering, toothache, stomatitis, diuretic, Anti-viral; anti-pyretic; anti-inflammatory; anti-oxidant; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Spilanthol palmitic acid stearic acid tetra-triacontanoic acid Beta-sitosterol stigmasterol Beta-sitosterol glucoside spilanthol Acetic acid lauric acid myristic acid linoleic acid linolenic acid alpha-amyrin beta-amyrin myricyl alcohol |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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