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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH460 : Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Nyctaginaceae
Genus : Boerhavia chinensis
Species : Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Nyctaginaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Commicarpus chinensis (Linn.)
Boerhavia repanda Willd.
Valeriana chinensis Linn.
Description : Diffuse herbs with divaricate scandent branches; stems white, glabrous. Leaves equal, ovate, acute, shallowly lobed, cordate at base, lineolate; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 1 cm long, 3-6 together in panicled umbel; pedicels 13 mm long, capillary; bracts 3 mm long, glandular; perianth 8 mm long, narrow, pink. Capsule 8 x 1.5 mm, oblanceolate, densely lineolate, glandular.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The leaves are crushed and applied to the skin as a remedy for scabies and itching body parts.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :