MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS035 : Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 125 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Fabaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Sal Leaved Desmodium • Hindi: dhruva, dirghamuli, pivari, salpani, shalparni • Manipuri: Porongkhok • Marathi: dai, ranganjya, salvan • Tamil: pullati • Malayalam: orila • Telugu: gitanaramu • Kannada: murelehonne • Bengali: chalani, salpani • Oriya: salaparni • Konkani: salparni • Nepali: ban gahat, saliparni • Gujarati: salwan • Sanskrit: anshumati, dhruva, dirghamoola, pivari, shalaparni | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Aeschynomene gangetica (L.)Poir. Aeschynomene maculata (L.)Poir. Desmodium cavaleriei H.Lév. Desmodium gangeticum var. maculatum (L.)Baker. Desmodium gangeticum var. ramnagari Haines. Desmodium lanceolatum Walp. Desmodium maculatum (L.)DC. Desmodium natalitium Sond. Desmodium polygonoides Baker. Hedysarum collinum Roxb. Hedysarum gangeticum L. Hedysarum lanceolatum Schum. & Thonn. Hedysarum maculatum L. Hedysarum ochroleucum Moench. Hedysarum pseudogangeticum Miq. Meibomia gangetica (L.)Kuntze. Meibomia polygonodes (Baker)Kuntze. Pleurolobus gangeticus J.St.-Hil. Pleurolobus maculatus J.St.-Hil. |
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| Description : | Erect undershrubs, up to 1.2 m tall; stem angled, hairy when young, glabrescent on ageing. Leaves 1-foliolate, 5-10 x 1-5 cm, ovate to elliptic, base rounded, apex acute, glabrescent above, densely appressed hairy below, often blotched with grey; petiole to 2.5 cm long; stipules to 8 mm long; linear-lanceolate. Flowers white, fascicled in terminal and axillary, 15-25 cm long racemes; pedicels 3-4 mm long; bracts subulate. Calyx campanulate; lobes 1.5-2 mm long, triangular, tomentose without. Corolla c. 4 mm across. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 3-4 mm long, compressed, hairy without; stigma capitate. Pods 1.2-2.3 x 0.1-0.15 cm, moniliform, 4-7-jointed, reticulate, slightly pubescent with hooked hairs, constricted in ventral suture. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | A decoction of the leaves is used against stones in the gall bladder, kidneys or bladder. The leaves are applied as a poultice to the head as a treatment for headache. The roots are considered to be alterative, astringent, bitter tonic, diuretic, expectorant and febrifuge. A decoction of the root is employed to treat kidney problems, oedema, swellings, chronic fever, coughs, biliousness, Diarrhea and dysentery; or as a sedative for children. The roots are applied to the gums as a treatment for toothache. A decoction is used externally to clean wounds and ulcers. The whole plant is considered to be anthelmintic. anti-oxidant, cardio-protective, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-diabetic, nootropic, anti-leshmanial, immunomodulatory activity; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Aminoglucosyl glycerolipid cerebroside Genistein 2-hydroxy genistein Gangetin gangetinin desmodin desmocarpin Tryptamines phenethylamines tryptamine-N-oxide phenethylamine-N-oxide N,N-dimethyltrytamine N,N-dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide indole-3-alkylamine beta-carboline Caffeic acid chlorogenic acid pterocarpan pterocarpanoids gangetin |
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