MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC074 : Spatholobus parviflorus (DC.)Kuntze |
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| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | IUCN Red List Category - Least concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Faboideae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Bando Lata • Assamese: Hati bandhalata • Garo: Mari • Hindi: Bando, Malini • Kannada: Kadavaare hambu, Mukkate balli • Khasi: Ther lamohdak • Nepali: Debre lahara, Sal lahara • Tamil: Pilachi Valli • Telugu: Mudugathige, Naayivaada, Pichikathamba | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Butea parviflora DC. Butea sericophylla Wall. Spatholobus roxburghii Benth. Spatholobus roxburghii var. denudatus Baker Spatholobus roxburghii var. platycarpus Baker |
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| Description : | Woody climbers. Branchlets subglabrous. Petiole 9-13 cm, puberulent; stipels subulate, ca. 1.5 mm; petiolules 5-6 mm, thick, puberulent; leaflets leathery, slightly puberulent abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, usually not branched, tertiary veins transverse, quaternary veins slender, reticulate; terminal leaflet obovate or broadly elliptic, 14-17 × 9.5-12 cm, rounded at both ends or slightly narrowed at base; lateral leaflets asymmetric, broadly ovate, 12-16 × 6.5-10 cm, base rounded, apex obtuse. Inflorescence 30-40 cm; rachis puberulent. Calyx 3-4 mm, puberulent. Corolla white or pinkish white; standard broadly ovate, 5-6 × 5.5-8 mm, apex emarginate, base truncate, claw 2-3 mm; wings 5-7.5 mm, auriculate, claw 3-4 mm; keel 4-5 mm. Ovary tomentose. Legumes falcate-oblong, 12-14 cm, thick, subwoody, apex rounded, densely brownish velutinous; stipe terete, 1.3-1.7 cm, densely velutinous. Seeds orbicular or reniform; testa brownish red. Fr. Feb-Mar. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The leaves and stems are boiled, combined with Dicranopteris species, and used as a liquid to apply to broken bones as an analgesic. A leaf paste is used to treat conjunctivitis. A decoction of the bark is used in the treatment of dropsy, worms, bowel complants and snake poisoning. | |||||||||||||
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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
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