MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH137 : Tridax procumbens (L.) L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 278 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Among grass, stream and river beds | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Common | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Compositae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Phooli, Kambarmodi, Tridax Daisy, Coat Buttons, Mexican Daisy, Khal-muriya, Tal-muriya, Vettukkaaya-thalai, Gaddichamanthi, Sanna gida, Husure Jhaar, Putalee Jhaar, Kurakura Jhaar, Ramne Jhaar | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Amellus pedunculatus Ortega ex Willd. [Illegitimate] Balbisia canescens Rich. Balbisia canescens Rich. ex Pers. Balbisia divaricata Cass. Balbisia elongata Willd. Balbisia pedunculata Ortega ex Hoffmanns. [Illegitimate] Chrysanthemum procumbens (L.) Sessé & Moc. [Illegitimate] Tridax procumbens var. canescens (Rich. ex Pers.) DC. Tridax procumbens var. ovatifolia B.L.Rob. ex B.L.Rob. & Greenm. |
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| Description : | This pretty daisy-like flower is very common all over the plains of northern India. Tridax daisy stands about 30-60 cm high and has slightly hairy stems. The leaves are ovate or lanceolate with toothed edges. The small creamy or white flower has five petals which are notched on the outer edges. The centre of the flower is yellow. This plant has flowers all the year around, but from May to December is the time that it is fully in bloom. It is found along paths, roadsides and in the crevices of walls and rocks. It is a great favourite with low flying butterflies. In the areas where there is a great concentration of these flowers one will find plenty of butterflies too. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | anti-septic, Anti-cancer (Priya and Srinivasa, 2015) | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Luteolin Glucoluteolin Beta–sitosterol quercetin isoquercetin tribisbiothiophene taraxasteryl acetate beta-amyrenone Lupeol oleanolic acid Beta-sitosterol-3-O-beta–D-xylopyranoside fumaric acid oxoester lauric acid myristic acid palmitic acid arachidic acid linoleic acid dexamethasone Procumbenetin puerarin esculetin betulinic acid |
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| Reference : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ 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 : ~ 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 : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID : |
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