MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC063 : Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso |
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| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | CONVOLVULACEAE | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Transparent Wood Rose, White day glory, Indian jalap • Marathi: Nasottar | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Argyreia alulata Miq. Convolvulus anceps L. Convolvulus gaudichaudii Choisy Convolvulus riedlei Choisy Convolvulus turpethum L. Ipomoea anceps (L.) Roem. & Schult. Ipomoea diplocalyx Baker Ipomoea triquetra (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R. Br. Ipomoea turpethum var. anceps (L.) Miquel Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle Operculina turpethum var. heterophylla Hall. fil. Operculina turpethum var. humilior (Haines) K.K.Khanna Spiranthera turpethum (L.) Bojer Tirtalia anceps (L.) Rafin. Turpithum australe Rafin. Turpithum indicum Rafin. |
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| Description : | a herbaceous, somewhat hairy vine reaching a length of 5 meters or more. The stems are often purplish, prominently 2- to 4- angled, and narrowly winged. The leaves are entire, ovate, 5-15 cm long, narrowing to a pointed tip, and broad, somewhat heart-shaped, or straight at the base. The inflorescences (cymes) have few straight flowers and are borne in the axils of the leaves. The sepals are green, and ovate to oblong-ovate; the outer two, 2-3 cm long, are larger than the inner three, and hairy, somewhat fleshy, and usually purplish on the fruit. The corolla is white, bell-shaped, and about 4 cm long, with the limb 4 cm wide. The capsules is rounded, being 1-1.5 cm in diameter, and contains normally 4 black, smooth seeds. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | In the Philippines the root, either pulverized or in alcoholic tincture, is employed as a drastic purgative. The dried and powdered root-bark is considered cathartic and laxative, resembling jalap in its action. It is a drastic purgative of phlegmatic humors and bile. With ginger, it is particularly beneficial in rheumatic and paralytic affections. In India the fresh bark of the root is rubbed with milk and employed as a purgative. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | 2-Coumarinate 2,3-Dimethylaniline Acacetin coumarin ferulic acid luteolin Rhamnose Turpethic acid A Turpethic acid B Turpethic acid C Vanillic acid |
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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 : ~ Sonika Jain, Jaya Dwivedi, Pankaj Kumar Jain, Swaha Satpathy and Arjun Patra; "Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Cancer: A Brief Review"; Pharmacogn. J. (2016); 8(2): 87-102 PMID : |
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