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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH219 : Anisochilus carnosus (L.f.) Wall

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 411  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Lamiaceae
Genus : Anisochilus
Species : Anisochilus carnosus (L.f.) Wall
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Lamiaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Thick leaved lavender, panjiri-ka-patta, doddapatre, karpurada gida, karpuravalli, kuruvelu-balli, patri gida, savirsambara, kaattukoorka, karpuravalli, mathilkkoorka, kapurli, panjiri, ajapada, induparni, karpuravalli, utpalabheda, karppura-valli, adusapundlaaku, karpuravalli, omamuaku, pindi bonda, ritchu rodda, rogachettu, saraguduganapa
 
Synonym : Anisochilus carnosus var. eriocephalus (Benth.) T.Cooke
Anisochilus carnosus var. glaber (Schrad.) Benth.
Anisochilus carnosus var. purpurascens Benth.
Anisochilus carnosus var. villosior Benth.
Anisochilus carnosus var. viridis Benth.
Anisochilus crassus Benth.
Anisochilus decussatus Dalzell & A.Gibson
Anisochilus eriocephalus Benth.
Anisochilus glaber Schrad.
Anisochilus rupestris Wight ex Hook.f.
Lavandula carnosa L.f.
Plectranthus carnosus (L.f.) Sm.
Plectranthus dubius Spreng., nom. illeg.
Plectranthus strobilifer Roxb.
Description : Semisucculent annual herbs, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2-5 x 2-3.5 cm, broadly ovate, base turncate or cordate, margin crenate-serrate, apex obtuse, verrucose above, pubescent below, subsucculent; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers in terminal simple or panicled, 1.5-3 cm long, oblong spikes. Calyx c. 4 mm long, tubular, mouth oblique, 2-lipped, acute; upper lip pubescent without, deflexed in fruits. Corolla purple, c. 1 cm long, lobes 5, 2-lipped, upper lip entire, lower 4-lobed . Stamens 4, exserted; filaments connate at base forming a sheath. Fruits of 4, ovoid nutlets. Seeds orbicular, smooth.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : gastric ulcer and skin diseases
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : luteolin
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 PMID :