MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH241 : Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 437 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Periquito Sessil, ponnanganni, ponnaganti aaku, Mukunuwenna, Sessile Joyweed, Dwarf copperleaf, Joyweed, Garundi, Guroo, Phakchet, Kanchari, Ponnanganni, Ponnankannikkira, Ponnagantikura, Honagonne, Madaranga, Koypa, Matsyaksi, Bhiringi Jhaar,AAnkhe Jhaar, Bhaale Bhringaraaj, Bisaaune Jhaar, Jibre Paate, Dube Jhaar | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Achyranthes triandra Roxb. Alternanthera achyranthoides Forssk. Alternanthera polygonoides (L.) R. Br. ex Sweet Alternanthera sessilis var. nodiflora (R. Br.) Kuntze Gomphrena polygonoides L. Gomphrena sessilis L. Telanthera polygonoides (L.) Moq. |
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| Description : | Decumbent herbs, stem glabrous. Leaves 3-4 x 1 cm, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, apex obtuse, base attenuate into a petiole, crenate, glabrous. Spike 7-12 x 5 mm, sessile, solitary or 2-3 together; bracts and bracteoles similar, 1 mm long, broadly ovate, acute, glabrous. Flowers yellowish red; tepals equal, 2.5 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute, glabrous, 3-nerved at base; stamens 3. Achenes 2 x 2 mm, obovoid, emarginate at apex; seed orbicular, compressed, brown. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | the plant has diuretic, cooling, tonic and laxative properties. It has been used for the treatment of dysuria and haemmorrhoids. The plant is also believed to be beneficial for the eyes, and is used as an ingredient in the making of medicinal hair oils and Kajal (kohl). skin diseases and ulcers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Beta-sitosterol stigmasterol campesterol Lupeol alpha & beta-spinasterol a-stigmasteanol palmitates 24-methylenecycloartanol cycloeucalenol |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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