MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH217 : Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 407 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Well naturalized on Chikhaldara Plateaux and neighbouring hill slopes | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Verbenaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | K- Tulsi Zara, Blue porterweed, Blue snakeweed, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain, Joee, Kariyuttarani, Seemai nayuruvi, blue porterweed, blue snake weed, bastard vervain, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain,[2] and light-blue snakeweed; | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchc. Cymburus urticifolius Salisb., nom. superfl. Stachytarpheta bogoriensis Zoll. & Moritzi Stachytarpheta indica var. jamaicensis (L.) Razi Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. atrocoerulea Moldenke Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. monstrosa Moldenke Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. parviflora Moldenke Stachytarpheta jamaicensis var. longifolia Hiern Stachytarpheta pilosiuscula Kunth Valerianoides jamaicensis (L.) Medik. Valerianoides jamaicensis f. glabra Kuntze Valerianoides jamaicensis f. strigosa Kuntze Valerianoides jamaicensis var. angustifolia Kuntze Valerianoides jamaicensis var. spathulata Kuntze Verbena americana Mill. Verbena jamaicensis L. Verbena pilosiuscula (Kunth) Endl. Vermicularia decurrens Moench, nom. superfl. Zappania jamaicensis (L.) Lam. |
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| Description : | Subshrubs; branches subtertragonous. Leaves 3.5-7 x 2-4 cm, obovate, base cuneate and decurrent on petiole, margin coarsely crenate-serrate, apex obtuse or rounded; petiole to 2 cm long. Spikes terminal, 10-25 cm long, c. 4 mm across. Bracts c. 7 mm long. Calyx c. 6 mm long, 4-toothed, puberulous. Corolla hypocrateriform, bluish-pink; tube 8-10 mm long, slightly curved; limb c. 8 mm across. Style included. Fruit c. 5 mm long, oblong. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | used traditionally by the elderly as a cure for allergies and respiratory conditions, cough, cold, fever, constipation, digestive complications, and dysentery and promotes menstruation; also known to demonstrate antacid, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive, antihelminthic, diuretic, laxative, lactagogue, purgative, sedative, spasmogenic, vasodilator, vulnerary, and vermifuge properties | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Tarphetalin Choline Phenolic acids Chlorogenic acid Catechuic tannins 6-Hydroxyluteolol 7-glucuronide Luteolol 7-glucuronide Apigenol 7-glucuronide |
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| Reference : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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