MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH239 : Amaranthus spinosus L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 435 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Kate - Math | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Common | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Prickly Amaranth, Edlebur, Needle burr, Spiny amaranth, Thorny amaranthk, Kanta chaulai, Chengkruk, kante bhaji, kante math, mullukkeerai, Kattumullenkeera, Somchan,mullatotakura, Mulluharive soppu, Kantanotya, Tanduliuyah, Kaande Lunde, Bandanee, Ban Lunde | |||||||||||||
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| Description : | Erect glabrous herbs, profusely branched; branches grooved; spines divaricate, sharp, to 1.2 cm long. Leaves 3-8 x 2-4 cm, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, apex obtuse or subacute; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers in terminal panicled spikes or in axillary, sessile clusters. Bracts and bracteoles minute, ovate-lanceolate. Male flowers: 1-2 mm across; tepals 5, calycine, unequal, ovate-lanceolate; stamens 5; anthers sagittate. Female flowers: 1-2 mm across; tepals 5, oblong, acute at apex; ovary 1-celled; ovules solitary; stigmas 2-3. Utricle circumcissile. Seeds minute, discoid. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Gyanic problems; The root is known as an effective diuretic. treat gonorrhea; eczema, burns, wounds, boils, earache and haemorroids; also used as a sudorific, febrifuge, anti-dote to snake poison, galactagogue, and to treat menorrhagia; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | alpha-spinasterol hydrocyanic acid betalain beta-sitosterol stigmasterol linoleic acid rutin amaranthine isoamaranthine hydroxycinnamates quercetin kaempferol glycosides amaranthoside amaricin glycinebetaine trigonelline spinoside betaxanthin betacyanin gomphrenin betanin beta-carotene hentriacontane octacosanoid oleanolic acid |
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| Reference : | ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Rajendra M Kawade, Nitin B. Ghiware, Shrinivas K. Sarje and Sudhir M. Vadvalkar; "A Pharmacognostic and Pharmacological Review: Amaranthus Spinosus"; World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (2013); 2(6): 2099-2110 PMID : ~ Nduche, M.U. and Okwulehie, I.C.; "ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY OF PLANTS USED IN TREATING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA"; Review of Plant Studies (2014); 1(2): 1-9 PMID : ~ Das, DC.; Sinha, NK.; Chattopadhyay JC.; Das M. and Samanta P.; "The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis in south west Bengal of India"; International Journal of Phytomedicine (2013); 5: 14-17 PMID : |
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