MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH355 : Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | - |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Pirkheda | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Cyperaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Nutsedge, shortleaf spikesedge, green kyllinga, perennial greenhead sedge, kyllinga weed | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cyperus brevifolius f. firmiculmis Kük. Cyperus brevifolius subsp. intricatus (Cherm.) Lye Cyperus cruciformis (Schrad. ex Schult.) Endl. Cyperus erectus var. auratus (Nees) Kük. Cyperus erectus var. intricatus (Cherm.) Kük. Kyllinga aurata Nees Kyllinga brevifolia f. laxa H.Pfeiff. Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. intricata (Cherm.) Lye Kyllinga brevifolia var. cruciformis (Schrad. ex Schult.) Cherm. Kyllinga brevifolia var. intermedia (R.Br.) Kük. Kyllinga brevifolia var. longifolia Boeckeler Kyllinga colorata var. aurata (Nees) Lye Kyllinga cruciata Nees, nom. inval. Kyllinga cruciformis Schrad. Kyllinga elongata Kunth Kyllinga erecta var. aurata (Nees) Kük. Kyllinga erecta var. intricata (Cherm.) Kük. Kyllinga fuscata Miq. Kyllinga gracilis Kunth Kyllinga hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud., pro syn. Kyllinga honolulu Steud. ex Jard. Kyllinga intermedia R.Br. Kyllinga intricata Cherm. Kyllinga laxa Schrad. ex Nees Kyllinga longiculmis Miq. Kyllinga monocephala L.f., nom. illeg. Kyllinga nivea Pers. Kyllinga odorata Liebm., nom. illeg. Kyllinga oligostachya Boeckeler Kyllinga pumilio Steud. Kyllinga sojauxii Boeckeler Kyllinga sororia Kunth Kyllinga tenuis Baldwin Kyllinga tenuissima Steud. Kyllinga tricephala Salisb. Mariscus kyllingioides Steud. Schoenus capitatus Crantz |
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| Description : | Herbs, with trailing rhizome up to 20 cm tall. Inflorescence capitate. Erect, rhizomatous perennials; rhizome long, creeping, slender, covered with brownish scales; culms arranged in a single row along the rhizome, 9-26 cm long, triquetrous. Leaves basal, 1.5-17 x 0.1-0.3 cm, narrowly linear, acuminate, scabrid on margins in the upper part; sheaths membranous, 1.5-5 cm long, purplish-brown, lower ones bladeless. Inflorescence a terminal single globose head, 5-10 mm long and wide, greenish; leafy bracts 3-4, very unequal in length, the lowest upto 9 cm long. Spikelets c. 3 x 1 mm, oblong. Glumes 4, distichous, basal 2 sterile, small, 3rd glume fertile, c. 2.5 x 1 mm, ovate-mucronate, 4th glume sterile, c. 3 mm long, keeled. Stamens 1 or 2. stigmas 2. Nut 1-15 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, oblong, apiculate, biconvex, brown. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The leaves, stems and rhizomes are analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, decongestant, diuretic, febrifuge and sudorific. A decoction of the whole plant is used as a treatment against a variety of complaints including malaria; colds with fever; whooping cough; bronchitis; swelling pain in the throat. The leaves are taken internally in the treatment of Diarrhea. The pounded rhizome is used as a poultice for sores. A poultice of the fresh leaves is applied to snake bites, furuncles, sprains. A decoction may be used as an external wash in the treatment of pruritis. Ten fresh tubers are made into a paste and eaten with rice; once daily for three days as a treatment for Diarrhea. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | T-cadinol germacrene D-4-ol delta-cadinene germacrene D beta-sitostenone ergosterol peroxide beta-sitosterol beta-sitostenone ergosterol peroxide |
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| Reference : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
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