MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH159 : Convolvulus arvensis L |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 321 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Convolvulaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Chand Vel, Hiranpug, Bhoomi Chakra Poondu, Field Bindweed, Field Bindweed | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Convolvulus ambigens House Convolvulus incanus auct. non Vahl Strophocaulos arvensis (L.) small |
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| Description : | Field Bindweed is a climbing or creeping herbaceous perennial plant growing to 0.5-2 m high. The leaves are spirally arranged, linear to arrowhead-shaped, 2?5 cm long and alternate, with a 1-3 cm leaf-stalk. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 1-2.5 cm diameter, white or pale pink, with five slightly darker pink radial stripes. Flowering occurs in the mid-summer, when white to pale pink, funnel-shaped flowers develop. Flowers are approximately 2.0-2.5 cm across and are subtended by small bracts. Fruits are light brown, rounded and 3 mm wide. Each fruit contains 2 seeds that are eaten by birds and can remain viable in the soil for decades. Field Bindweed is generally considered a weed. Field Bindweed is native to Native to Europe and Asia. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Leaves are used in medicine for spider bites and intestinal stimulant. Leaves and roots are considered to be laxatives. Traditionally it is used to treat skin ulcers, reducing wounds, inflammation and swelling. abdominal pain, abdominal worms, immunostimulant, diuretic,leaves have been used in asthma , jaundice and as antihemorrhagic. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | tropine pseudotropine tropinine cuscohygrine hygrine palmitic acid stearic acid linoleic acid linolenic acid behenic acid umbelliferon scopoletin caffeic acid Kaempferol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside Quercetin hydroxycoumarin esculetin alpha-amyrin Campesterol Stigmasterol Beta-sitosterol Convovulin Chlorogenic acid Calystegins Rutin |
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| Reference : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ Manbir Kaur and A. N. Kalia; "Convolvulus arvensis – A useful weed"; Int J Pharm Pharm Sci (2012); 4(1): 38-40 PMID : ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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