MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH123 : Grangea maderaspatana (L.) Poir. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 263 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Occasional in moist open grasslands | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | IUCN Red - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Asteraceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Madras Carpet, Mustaru, Bhediachim, Leibungou, Mashipatri, Masipathri, Nilampala, Mastaru, Davana, Namuti, Jhinkimudi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Artemisia maderaspatana L. Cotula anthemoides Lour. Cotula maderaspatana (L.) Willd. Cotula sphaeranthus Link Grangea adansonii Cass. Grangea aegyptiaca (Juss. ex Jacq.) DC. Grangea glandulosa Fayed Grangea hispida Humbert Grangea maderaspatana var. maderaspatana Grangea maderaspatana var. prostrata Zoll. Grangea mucronata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Grangea sphaeranthus (Link) K.Koch Grangea strigosa Gand. Tanacetum aegyptiacum Juss. ex Jacq. |
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| Description : | herb commonly seen in flat bunches in harvested fields, dry river and pond beds. This hairy, branched herb spreads from the roots and grows up to 70 cm in height. The buds are white and woolly. The leaves are alternate, stalkless, deeply cut, and divided into toothed lobes. Yellow flowering heads are borne opposite the leaves, and are short- stalked, rounded, and 8-10 mm across. The flowers are small, very numerous. The involucral-bracts are ovate, thick, rigid, and hairy. The achenes are cylindric, glandular, and about 2 mm long. The papus-hairs are connate, ending in a short, fimbriate tube. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Leaves are regarded in India as a valuable stomachic possessing deobstruent and antispasmodic properties, and are prescribed as an infusion and an electuary in cases of obstructed menses and hysteria. oestrogenicity, antifertility, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiarthritic, cytotoxic, anti-oxidant, Hepatoprotective, diuretic and anti-microbial activities | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | hardwickiic acid clerodane a nor clerodane a secoclerodane a norsecoclerodane auranamide grangolide eudesmanolides (-)frullanolide murrayanol 6-hydroxy-3,4,5alpha-trimethoxyflavone flavone 7,2,4alpha-trimethoxyflavone labdane clerodatetrean chondrillasterone chondrillasterol strictic acid gamma-gurjunene terpinyl acetate hinesol |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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