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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC017 : Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. f.) Naud.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 206  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Cucurbitales
Family : Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family
Genus : Ctenolepis
Species : Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. f.) Naud.
Plant Location in Melghat : On hedges,Small trees,mostly aroud On hedges and thickets  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Cucurbitaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Kollankovai
 
Synonym : Blastania garcinii (Burm.f.) Cogn.
Bryonia garcinii (Burm.f.) Willd.
Description : It is a climbing vine with three to five lobed palmate leaves. Large stipule-like bracts with cilliate margins are found on the axils of the leaves and fruits. It is a monoecious plant with male flowers in raceme inflorescences and female flowers solitary. Fruits are borne in the months of December to January. Fruit is sub-reniform, glabrous, possessing one to two oblong seeds.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : decoction of roots is given in colic, fever, indigestion, anorexia and rheumatism, paste of leaves is applied to boils and swelling, fruits are given in gonorrhea, fruits pulp is applied on foot sole to cure heat in the body. Hepatoprotective activity, anti-cancer activity, anti-bacterial activity and anti-fungal activity, anti-inflammatory activity (Vijayakrishnan, 2013)
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Mycotoxin
Aflotoxin-B1
Reference : ~ Anand S.P, G. Velmurugan and M. Keerthiga; "Callus induction and in vitro regeneration of Ctenolepis garcinii - an important medicinal climber"; Int.J.Curr.Biotechnol. (2014); 2(2): 16-20 PMID :