MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH205 : Indoneesiella echioides (L.) Sreemadh |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 389 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Acanthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Pandhar Pheda, False Waterwillow, Kalukariyatun, Pitumba, Ranchimani, lavalata, Gopuram tangi, Kadu Jadi, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Andrographis echioides (L.) Nees Erianthera echioides (L.) M.R.Almeida Eriathera lobelioides Nees Justicia echioides L. Neesiella echioides (L.) Sreemadh. |
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| Description : | Erect herbs, 10-50 cm high. Whole plant villous. Leaves opposite decussate, 3-5 x 0.6-1.8 cm, elliptic oblong, obtuse to round at apex, attenuate at base. Inflorescence axillary, short unilateral racemes, simple or 1-2 branched, as long as or shorter than leaves. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes 0.8-1 cm long, linear. Corolla tube 0.8-1 cm long, white, 2-lipped; lip with violet blotches; upper lip 2-lobed, 0.6-0.8 cm long, lower c. 0.8 cm long, 3-lobed. Stamens 2; filaments broad, hairy at base; anthers 2-celled. Style slender; stigma 2-fid. Capsules 0.8-1.2 cm long, 0.25-0.3 cm wide, compressed, broadened towards tip, attenuate at base, sparsely hairy towards tip. Seeds 0.15-0.2 cm across, black, pitted without; retinacula spiny. Flowering: March-June, October-December. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | goitre, liver diseases, fertility problems,bacterial, malarial & fungal disorders; fevers; influenza, malaria, dyspepsia and respiratory diseases; The leaf juice is mixed and boiled with coconut oils used to control falling and greying of hair. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Daidzein androgechoside A androgechoside B Eicosanoic acid Butanoic acid Hexadecanoic acid Beta-sitosterol |
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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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