MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH455 : Baccharoides anthelmintica (L.) Moench |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Wet places | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Asteraceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Kadu Jire, Kali-jiri, Bakchi, Somraji, Kala Jira, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Ascaricida anthelminthica (L.) Sweet Ascaricida indica Cass. Conyza anthelmintica L. Dolosanthus sylvaticus Klatt Phyllocephalum anthelminticum (L.) S.R.Paul & S.L.Kapoor Serratula anthelmintica (L.) Roxb. Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd. Vernonia stenolepis Oliv. |
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| Description : | Stout herbs, to 1.5 m high; stems scabrid. Leaves to 13 x 5 cm, elliptic, acute at apex and base, scabrous; sharply serrate; nerves 10-11 pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long. Heads 15 x 12 mm, in lax corymbose panicles; bracts 10 mm long, leafy, oblong, obtuse; inner bracts smaller, 8 x 2 mm. Flowers 30-40; corolla 10 mm long, with a narrow basal part, widen above, lobes acute, glabrous; anthers 2 mm long. Achenes 4 x 1 mm, glandular between ribs, pubescent; outer pappus paleacous, fimbriate, inner pappus 6 mm long, reddish. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | According to Ayurveda, seeds are hot, acrid, astringent, anthelmintic; cure ulcers, Vata and Kapha; use in skin disease, leucoderma, and fever. According to Unani system of medicine, the seeds are anthelmintic, purgative; used for asthma, kidney troubles, hiccough, inflammatory swellings, to remove blood from the liver, sores, and itching of the eyes. The seeds are anthelmintic, stomachic, tonic, diuretic and antiperiodic. The powdered seeds are applied externally in paralysis of the legs at Mundas of Chota Nagpur. The juice of the leaf is given to cure phlegmatic discharges of the nostrils. In Ceylon, the plant is used for fever convulsions. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | brassicasterol stigmasterol myristic acid palmitic acid stearic acid oleic acid linoleic acid vernolic (epoxyoleic) acid and methyl vernolate Delta-7-avenasterol 4-alpha-methylvernosterol vernosterol avenasterol stigmastadienol vernonine p-hydroxybenzoyl-vernovan vernovan vernodalin vernodalol butein Beta-amyrin Beta-sitosterol-beta-D-glucoside vernodalidimers A vernodalidimers B vernolic acid |
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
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