MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS027 : Maytenus emarginata (Willd.) Ding Hou |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 79 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On slopes of peripheral hills, field borders | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Rare, Endemic | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Celastraceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Bharati, K-Mekar | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Gymnosporia emarginata (Willd.) Thw. Catha emarginata (Willd.) G.Don. Celastrus emarginatus Willd. Celastrus semiarillatus Turcz. Cupania spinosa Blanco. Elaeodendron horizontale Turcz. Gymnosporia ambigua Vidal. Gymnosporia inermis Merrill & Perry. Gymnosporia spinosa (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe. Gymnosporia trilocularis Hayata. |
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| Description : | Shrubs with spines or unarmed. Leaves obovate spathulate, 3.5 -14.5 x 2-9 cm, apex rounded or emarginate, base attenuate, chartaceous to coriaceous, margin crenate to entire; petioles 2-12 mm long; nerves 5-6 pairs. Flowers in axillary fascicles; bracts deltoid, fimbriate. Sepals lobed. Petals oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-3 x 1 mm. Stamens 2-3 mm long, inserted beneath the margin of the disc. Ovary partially immersed, 3-loculed; stigmas 3, distinct. Disc fleshy, rounded. Fruits a capsule, obovoid, 10-12 x 8-9 mm. Seeds ellipsoid, 3 x 2 mm, arillate. Fl. & Fr. : Almost throughout the year. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Dental problems, Antibiotic, Warms, used for fever, asthama, rheumatism and gastrointestinal disorders worldwide. HIV?Protease, Carcinoma and leukemia, Ulcers, MDR | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Emarginatine A Emarginatine B Emarginatine E Emarginatine F Emarginatine G Emarginatinine |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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