MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS030 : Aeschynomene indica L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 99 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In stream river beds | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Endemic, Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Fabaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Indian Joint Vetch, budda pea, curly-indigo, hard sola, kat sola, northern joint-vetch, sensitive jointed vetch, didhen, phulan, chhuimui, laugauni, nalabi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Aeschynomene cachemiriana Cambess. Aeschynomene diffusa Willd. Aeschynomene evenia "Sensu Rudd, p.p." (Misapplied) Aeschynomene glaberrima Poir. Aeschynomene indica var. punctata Pers. Aeschynomene indica var. viscosa Miq. Aeschynomene kashmiriana Cambess. Aeschynomene macropoda DC. Aeschynomene montana Span. Aeschynomene oligantha Baker Aeschynomene pumila L. Aeschynomene punctata Steud. Aeschynomene quadrata Schum. & Thonn. Aeschynomene quadrata Schumach. & Thonn. Aeschynomene richardiana Baill. (misapplied) Aeschynomene roxburghii Spreng. Aeschynomene subviscosa DC. Aeschynomene virginica "sensu auct., p.p." Aeschynomene viscidula Willd. Hedysarum neli-tali Roxb. Smithia aspera Roxb. (=)Aeschynomene hispida auct. |
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| Description : | Erect, annual herbs upto 1 m tall; branchlets glabrous to hispid. Leaves 4-10 cm long; leaflets 15-30 pairs, subsessile, 2.5-7 x 1-2 mm, linear-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base oblique, apex obtuse, apiculate; stipules 5-10 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, peltate. Flowers 7-10 mm long in 1-4-flowered axillary racemes; pedicel to 5 mm long; bracts c. 5 mm long, ovate, acuminate, bracteoles 2-3 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 4-5 mm long, deeply 2-lipped, glabrous. Corolla exserted, pale yellow; standard orbicular, red-striped; wing obovate; keel to 7x3 mm, oblong. Staminal sheath to 4 mm long. Ovary to 6 mm long; ovules many; style c. 3 mm long. Pods 2.5-3.7 x 0.4-0.5 cm, linear, compressed, straight or curved with 4-8 joints, long stalked, sometimes muricate. Seeds 2.5-3.5 mm long, reniform, dark brown. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | treat kidney stones and urinary disorders, Anti-cancer(Wozniak et al., 2015). The plant has many medicinal uses, including as a spermicide. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Stigmasterol: Tritriacontanate Monotetracontane Taraxerol Stigmasterol Stearic acid Heptatriacontanoic acid Arachidic acid Ursolic acid acetate Quercetin Myricetin Myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside Myricetin-3-rutoside |
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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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