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MH237 : Allmania nodiflora (L.) R. Br. ex Wight

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 433  
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Amaranthaceae - Amaranth family
Genus : Allmania
Species : Allmania nodiflora (L.) R. Br. ex Wight
Plant Location in Melghat : On rocky, shady, moist hill slopes in Jarida  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare  
Plant Family : Amaranthaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Node Flower Allmania, Hasiru budde soppu, Kandu budde gida. Pee-coipa, Pee-tardavel, Kumattikkirai, Kiraikkummatti, Gurugu koora
 
Synonym : Achyranthes mucronata Herb. ex Moq.
Achyranthes nodiflora (L.) Roxb.
Allmania albida (Willd.) R. Br.
Allmania esculenta R. Br.
Allmania longepedunculata Gamble
Allmania nodiflora var. longepedunculata Trimen
Allmania procumbens Wight ex Hook. fil.
Allmania pyramidalis (Moq.-Tand.) Koord.
Belutta peduncularis Raf.
Belutta sessilis Raf.
Celosia albida Willd.
Celosia mucronata Herb. ex Moq.
Celosia nodiflora L.
Celosia pallida Hort. Vindob. ex Moq.
Chamissoa albida (Willd.) Mart.
Chamissoa angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. fil.
Chamissoa brownii Steud.
Chamissoa esculenta Moq.
Chamissoa javanica Hassk.
Chamissoa nodiflora Mart.
Chamissoa pyramidalis Moq.
Description : Herbs annual, erect or ascending, 10-50 cm tall. Stem branched from or near base, glabrous or obscurely pubescent. Petiole 2-10 mm; leaf blade obovate, oblong, or linear, 1.5-6.5 mm × 0.3-2.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous or adaxially pubescent, base attenuate, apex acute or obtuse, with a mucro. Heads globose, becoming somewhat lengthened, with 3-7-flowered cymes; rachis 0.2-3.5 cm, glabrous or pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 mm, white on margin and with green or purple (?red) midvein, apex long acuminate. Tepals obliquely spreading at anthesis, later erect, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 mm. Stamens 5; filaments connate at base. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style nearly as long as filaments. Utricles enclosed in persistent perianth, pale green, ovoid, 3-3.5 mm in diam., dehiscent by lid. Seeds 1.5-2 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 32.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : folk medicine to treat constipation, decentry and febrifuge contains adequate amount of nutrients. The reported activities are anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant activity, sedative and anxiolytic, anti-helminthic, anti-tumor, anti-ulcer activity; anti-inflammatory, -anti-cancer;
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : squalene
valeric acid
1-napthalenepropanol
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :