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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH148 : Enicostema hyssopifolium (Willd.) Verdoorn

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 306  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Gentianales
Family : Gentianaceae - Gentian family
Genus : Enicostema Blume - whitehead
Species : Enicostema hyssopifolium
Plant Location in Melghat : On dry hill slopes among grasses  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gentianaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Indian Whitehead, Chota chirayata, katvinayi, Naame, Nahli, Nawari,
 
Synonym : Enicostema axillare (Poir. ex Lam.) A.Raynal
Enicostema verticillare (Retz.) Baill.
Exacum hyssopifolium Willd.
Hippion hyssopifolium (Willd.) Spreng.
Hippion orientale (Griseb.) Dalzell & Gibson
Hippion verticillatum var. hyssopifolium (Willd.) Kuntze
Hippion verticillatum var. maritimum (Dalzell) Kuntze
Slevogtia maritima Dalzell
Slevogtia orientalis Griseb.
Description : a perennial herb growing up to 40 cm tall, with 4-angled stems. Leaves are narrow-oblong, lanceshaped. STalkless white flowers are borne in dense clusters in leaf axils. This species is globally distributed in West Indies, tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka. It is found almost throughout India upto an altitude of about 450 m., from Punjab and the Gangetic plains southwards, most commonly in coastal areas. costal areas. Flowering: June-January.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The plant is used in folk medicine to treat diabetes mellitus, rheumatisum, abdominal ulcers, hernia, swelling, itching and insect poisoning.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Apigenin
Genkwanin
Saponarin
Isovitexin
Swertisin
Reference : ~ Sebua Silas Semenya and Alfred Maroyi; "Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa"; Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2018); Article ID 2183705, 33 pages PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :