MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH356 : Apium graveolens Linn. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 20 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In the inerior forest along moist shedy slopes | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Rare, Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Umbelliferae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Celery, wild celery, Bari ajmod, Ajmod, Bodiajamoda, Ajmud, Ajmod, Bodiajamodia, Ugragandhika, Vastamoda, Hayagandha, Brahmakoshi, Jangali jwanu, Sirai kahui, Ajamodaa, Jangalee Jwaano | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Apium celleri Gaertn. Apium decumbens Eckl. & Zeyh. Apium graveolens f. lusitanicum (Mill.) J. Helm. Apium graveolens subsp. rapaceum (Mill.) P.D.Sell. Apium graveolens var. bashmensis H.A. Hosni. Apium graveolens var. butronensis D. Gómez & G. Montserrat. Apium integrilobum Hayata. Apium lobatum Gilib. Apium lusitanicum Mill. Apium maritimum Salisb. Apium napaceum Chazelles. Apium rapaceum Mill. Apium vulgare Bub. Celeri graveolens (L.) Britt. Helosciadium ruta (Burm. fil.) DC. Helosciadium rutaceum St. Lag. Seseli graveolens (L.) Scop. Sison ruta Burm. fil. Sison trifidum Burm. ex DC. Smyrnium laterale Thunb. |
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| Description : | Biennial, erect, glabrous herb up to 100 cm tall, with a fusiform to tuber-like fleshy taproot; stem strongly grooved. Leaves alternate, lower ones pinnate, long-petioled, upper ones 3-fid; stipules absent, but distinct sheath present; leaflets deltoid-rhomboid, 2–5 cm × 1.5–3 cm, often deeply 3-lobed, cuneate at base, glossy. Inflorescence a sessile or short-peduncled umbel, terminal or opposite the leaves; primary rays 4–15, rather unequal; involucres and involucels absent; umbellules 6–25-flowered. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous; pedicel 1–5 mm long; calyx teeth obsolete; petals free, ovate to orbicular, c. 0.5 mm long, with inflexed apex, greenish white; stamens free, alternating with petals; ovary inferior, 2-celled, styles 2, divergent. Fruit a broadly ovoid to globose schizocarp, splitting into two 1-seeded parts up to 1.5 mm long, distinctly ribbed. Seedling with epigeal germination; hypocotyl 1–2 cm long, epicotyl absent; cotyledons stalked, blade ovate-oblong, up to 6 mm long, herbaceous. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | arthritis, rheumatism, gout, urinary tract inflammation, and specifically for rheumatoid arthritis with mental depression. diuretic, for regulating the bowels, for glandular stimulation, gall and kidney stones, as a prophylactic for nervous agitation, for the loss of appetite and exhaustion and as antihelminthic; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | falcarinol falcarindiol panaxidol polyacetylene 8-O-methylfalcarindiol apiuman d-galacturonic acid Beta-rhamnose 1-arabinose Caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid apiin apigenin rutaretin ocimene bergapten isopimpinellin seslin isoimperatorin osthenol gravebioside A gravebioside B palmitic acid stearic acid oleic acid linoleic acid petroselinic acid d-limonene selinene terpineol santolol sedanonic anhydride sedanolide celerin apiumoside apiumetin apigravrin iso-quercitrin camphene methoxsalen |
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| Reference : | ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : |
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