MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH196 : Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 379 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In Rangubeli and Jarida | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Acanthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Creeping Blepharis, Madras blepharis, utangan, dudhiya choti, utangan,kodali soppu, madrashi kate maka, kolagohoma, elumpu otti, kooravaal chedi, kozhimookkan,antrinta pulu, arithilai poruthi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Acanthodium procumbens Nees Acanthus ciliaris Burm. fil. Acanthus maderaspatanus Vahl ex Nees Acanthus maderaspatensis L. Acanthus procumbens Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Blepharis abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. Blepharis boerhaaviifolia Pers. Blepharis boerhaaviifolia var. maderaspatensis (L.) Nees Blepharis breviciliata Fiori Blepharis maderaspatensis subsp. rubiifolia (Schumach.) Napper Blepharis maderaspatensis var. abyssinica Fiori Blepharis procumbens Heyne ex Roth Blepharis procurrens Nees Blepharis rubiifolia Schum. Blepharis teaguei Oberm. Blepharis togodelia Solms ex Schweinf. |
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| Description : | Herbs to 30 cm tall, perennial. Stems trailing or scrambling to decumbent, sometimes elongate, scabrous or pubescent. Leaves usually 4 per pseudo-whorl of 2 unequal pairs; petiole ca. 2 mm, puberulent; leaf blade elliptic to obovate-lanceolate, 2.5-5 × 1-2 cm, puberulent, secondary veins 3-5 on each side of midvein, base cuneate, margin undulate or dentate, apex acute. Flowers axillary and solitary or in clusters of few-flowered spikes; bracts paired, broadly spatulate to obovate-oblong, 4-13 × 2-6 mm, unequal with inner pairs larger than outer ones, strongly 3-veined, margin bristly ciliate. Calyx puberulent, unequally lobed; posterior and anterior lobes oblong, 1.2-1.8 × 0.4-0.6 cm, 3-veined, apex of anterior lobe often 2-cleft; lateral lobes linear-lanceolate, 9-12 × 2-3 mm, margin ciliate. Corolla whitish, often with pink or purple; lip obovate, 1.6-1.7 × ca. 0.8 cm, spreading; lobes ovate-oblong. Staminal filaments ca. 5 mm. Style ca. 1.2 cm. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 8 mm, glabrous. Seeds ca. 3 × 2 mm. Fl. Dec. 2n = 16, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | dysuria, headache, diseases of nervous system, diuretic, aphrodisiac, | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Gallic acid Caffeic acid Rutin Quercetin Ferulic acid Squalene |
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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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