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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH485 : Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Genus : Striga Lour. - witchweed
Species : Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke - cowpea witchweed
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Scrophulariaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Indigo Witchweed, Purple Witchweed, Tobacco Witchweed, Cowpea Witchweed, Missi,
 
Synonym : Buchnera gesnerioides Willd.
Buchnera hydrabadensis Roth
Buchnera orobanchioides R. Br.
Campuleia coerulea Boj. ex Benth.
Campuleia rosea Boj. ex Benth.
Harveya varia (E. Mey. ex Drege) Hook. ex Steud.
Microsyphus parviflorus Presl
Orobanche indica Spreng.
Orobanche varia E.Mey. ex Steud.
Striga chloroleuca Dinter
Striga orchidea Benth.
Striga orobanchoides (R. Br.) Benth.
Description : Erect parasitic herbs; dark brown when dry. Leaves reduced to scales, 8 mm long, lanceolate, obtuse, sessile. Spikes terminal, to 20 cm long; bracts 6 mm; bracteoles 2 mm; flowers pink; calyx tube 5 mm, lobes 2 mm, lanceolate, acute, hairy; corolla tube 11 mm, slightly pubescent above the middle, lobes 6 mm, subequal, obovate; filaments 1 mm; anthers 1 mm; ovary 2 mm, oblong, style 4 mm, stigma thickened. Capsule 6 x 4 mm, beaked with persistent style.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The powdered plant is sprinkled on wounds to aid the healing process. The powdered plant is made into a paste with some fat, then applied topically to treat swollen neck glands. A paste made from the fresh tuber is applied locally to treat swollen testes. An ethanolic extract of whole plant showed antifertility activity for males. Ethanolic and water extracts showed antihistaminic and mast cell stabilizing activity. The flavones apigenin and luteolin, isolated from the plant, showed anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activities.
 
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 :