MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS117 : Capparis spinosa |
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| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | CAPPARACEAE | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Kabar, Caperbush, Caper Bush, Caperberry, Kalvari, Caper | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Capparis cartilaginea |
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| Description : | a scrambling shrub which grows by spreading or scrambling over rocks. It has long, hairless stems which are typically bent and twisted, with white-grey or yellowish-green bark, coated in a waxy or powdery bloom. The oval-shaped leaves of the plant are broad and fleshy, often ending in a hooked, yellowish-brown spine below the pointed tip. During the flowering period, Cartilage Caper produces large, attractive white flowers which possess many erect stamens and unequally shaped petals, two of which are fused and slightly hooded, fitting into a helmet-shaped sepal. Fruits is ovoid or ellipsoid, 3-5 cm long, 2-3 cm broad, often reddish and ribbed, many seeded and pulpy. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Reduce flatulence and to be antirheumatic. In Ayurvedic medicine they are said to be hepatic stimulants and protectors, improving liver function - and these uses have been confirmed by modern research. Capers have reported uses for arteriosclerosis, as diuretics, kidney disinfectants, vermifuges and tonics. Infusions and decoctions from caper root bark have been traditionally used for dropsy, anaemia, arthritis and gout. The root-bark is analgesic, anthelmintic, antihaemorrhoidal, aperient, deobstruent, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, tonic and vasoconstrictor. It is used internally in the treatment of gastrointestinal infections, Diarrhea, gout and rheumatism. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Manool citric acid Daucosterol Glucocapparin Glucocleomin Glucoiberin oleic acid SENECIONINE Sinigrin rutin |
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| 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 : ~ Kavishankar, G.B; Lakshmidevi, N.; Murthy, S.M.; Prakash, H.S. and Niranjana, S.R.; "Diabetes and medicinal plants-A review"; Int J Pharm Biomed Sci (2011); 2(3): 65-80 PMID : |
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