MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS075 : Martynia annua L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 375 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Martyniaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Waghnakhi, Devil's Claws, Tiger's Claw • Hindi: Ulat-kanta, Baghnakh • Malayalam: Puli - Nakham • Tamil: Puli - Nagam • Marathi: Vinchu • Bengali: Baghnoki | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Carpoceras longiflora A. Rich. Disteira angulosa (Lam.) Raf. Martynia alternifolia Lam. Martynia angulosa Lam. Martynia diandra Glox. Martynia jussieui (Steud.) Howell. Martynia pallida Salisb. Martynia proboscidea Glox. Proboscidea cordifolia Moench. Proboscidea jussieui Steud. Vatkea diandra (Glox.) O. Hoffm. |
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| Description : | Erect subshrubs to 1 m tall, glandular-hairy all over. Leaves 8-20 x 6-19 cm, broadly ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, margin sinuate-dentate, apex acute, chartaceous, palmately 5-nerved from base; petiole 8-14 cm long. Racemes 7-14- flowered, at the bifurcations of the branches; peduncle 4-8 cm long; pedicel 1-2 cm long; bracts 1-2 x 0.7-1 cm, broadly ovate, pale pink. Calyx lobes 5, greenish-white, 9-12 mm long; ovate-oblong. Corolla reddish-purple with yellow throat; tube 3-4 cm long; lobes rounded. Stamens 2; filaments white, c. 1 cm long; anther cells disjunct, superposed, longitudinally coherent with the opposite pair; staminodes 3. Fruits drupaceous, ovoid, flattened somewhat dorso-ventrally, ribbed, viscid-pubescent; endocarp 2-3 cm long, hard, black, with a hooked spine at tip. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Root decoction is administered for snake bite, leaf juice for epilepsy, tuberculosis and sore throat. Ash of fruit mixed with coconut oil is applied on burn. Seed oil applied on abscesses. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | oleic acid arachidic acid linoleic acid palmitic acid gentisic acid stearic acid pelargonidin-3,5-diglucoside cyanidin-3-galactoside p-hydroxy benzoic acid apigenin apigenin-7-oglucuronide |
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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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