MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC018 : Diplocyclos palmatus |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 209 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On bushes and hedge borders of fields | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Cucurbitaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Shivilingi, Kavdoli | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Bryonia palmata L. Bryonopsis laciniosa var. walkeri Chakrav. Ilocania pedata Merr.) |
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| Description : | Stem glabrous, becoming thickened and white dotted on the ridges when older. Leaves broadly ovate, 3.5-14 x 4-14.5 cm, lobes linear-lanceolate to elliptic, glabrous; petiole 1.5-9.0 cm long. Flowers small, white or yellowish, male in sessile clusters of 2-8, along with 5 female flowers in the same axil. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long in male, 1.5-2.5 mm long in female, lobes smaller than tube. Corolla of male larger than female. Ovary ellipsoid, c. 5 mm long, c. 2.5 mm broad, with longitudinal white stripes. Fruit solitary, or in clusters of 2-5, ovoid-subglobose, 1.5-2.5 cm. Seeds 5-6 x 2.5-3 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | In Kenya the roots are used as an antivenin and fruits and leaves to cure stomach-ache. In Thailand stems are used as an expectorant and fruits as a laxative, and in Nepal seeds as a febrifuge. The roots are used as an antivenom. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Catechin Hydroxybenzoic acid Chlorogenic acid Gallic acid Vanillic acid |
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