MPdb: Melghat's Plant databank

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MH165 : Chlorophytum laxum R. Br.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Class	: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order	: Liliales
Family	: Liliaceae - Lily family
Genus	: Chlorophytum ker Gawl. - chlorophytum
Species	: Chlorophytum laxum R. Br.

Plant Location in Melghat :

Belkund

Plant Category :

Herbs

Plant's Current Status :

Plant Family :

Liliaceae

Plant Common Name :

Bhoomi Sakkare, Bichetii Grass, Siam Lily, False Lily Turf, Wheat Plant,

Synonym :

Anthericum bichetii Backer, pro syn.
Anthericum parviflorum (Wight) Benth.
Chlorophytum abyssinicum Kotschy & Peyr.
Chlorophytum acaule Baker
Chlorophytum bichetii Backer
Chlorophytum falcatum Baker
Chlorophytum javanicum (Hassk.) M.R.Almeida
Chlorophytum laxiflorum Baker, nom. illeg.
Chlorophytum laxum f. javanicum (Hassk.) Backer
Chlorophytum parviflorum Dalzell.
Chlorophytum xerotinum F.Muell.
Nolina javanica Hassk.
Phalangium laxum (R.Br.) F.Muell.
Phalangium parviflorum Wight.

Description :

Leaves 10-25 x 0.8 cm, linear-oblong, acute, glabrous, bifarious; sheath open. Racemes 10-20 cm long, slender. Flowers paired at nodes; pedicel 8 mm long, jointed at the middle; tepals 2 x 1 mm, oblong, chartaceous, white; ovary 3-lobed, ovules one in each cell, stigma terminal, entire. Capsule 5 x 6 mm, 3-lobed; seeds 2.5 x 2 mm, reniform, rugose.

Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :

eaten while the roots are used as traditional medicine to treat Diarrhea and dysentery and also used as demulcent and galactogogue. treatment of Piles, Astringent,

Plant's Phytochemicals :

Reference :

~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :

~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID :

~ Sharada Laxman Deore, Neha Brijmohan Jajoo, Kailaspati Prabhakar Chittam and Tushar Atmaram Deshmukh; "Comparative Pharmacognostic, Phytochemical and Biological evaluation between five Chlorophytum species"; Pharmacognosy Journal (2015); 7(5): 317-325 PMID :