MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH212 : Lepidagathis trinervis Nees |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 396 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In Boripati, Dhakna Dolar | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Acanthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Frilly Lepidagathis, Hiran-chaaro, Paniru, Pathar-phor buti, Safed Raasnaa | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Barleria axillaris Steud. Lepidagathis axillaris Wight ex Nees Lepidagathis trinervis var. naikii M.R.Almeida Ruellia trinervis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. |
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| Description : | A prostrae to suberect, up to 30 cm tall undershrub with quardrangular, puberulent or glabrous twigs from the woody rootstock. Leaves sessile, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2-4.5 cm x 3-5 mm, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base, lateral nerves weaker than midrib and run along entire margin, acute, mucronulate. Flowers light pink, in dense, one-sided axillary, sessile, 1-2 (-2.5) cm long, oblong-ovoid spikes, solitary or fascicled near rootstock or a little higher up; bracts ovate or elliptic-ovate, 4-5 x 2.5-3 mm, ciliate at apex with a 3.5-4.5 mm long recurved spine, minutely puberulous; bracteoles dimorphous, nearly as long as long bracts, outer oblong-lanceolate, acuminate-aristate, inner cuneiform, membranous. Calyx 5-partite, lobes 7-8 mm long, membranous, acute but not spine-tipped, hairy within, glabrescent outside. Corolla spotted inside, 5-6 mm long, densely long silky hairy in bud, upper lip slightly notched, lower lip with 3, patent obtuse lobes. Capsule ovoid-lanceolate, 5-6 mm long, 2-seeded, glabrous, seeds oblong, 2-3 mm long, with long hygroscopic hairs. Fl. Per.: September-February. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The plant is considered as a bitter tonic. Ash of this plant is mixed with oil and applied on blotches, swellings etc. It is also applied on ringworm and itch with sulphur. Leaves are used as substitute for tea by some people. It is used for rheumatic affections. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | alpha-1-barrigenol camelliagenin A stigmasterol |
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| Reference : | ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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