MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH155 : Trichodesma indicum (L.) R. Br. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 316 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Boraginaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Indian Borage, Chhota Kalpa, Undhanphuli, Katte tume soppu, Kallutaitumapi, Guvvagutti, Chota Kalpa, Adhapuspi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Borago indicum L. Trichodesma hirsutum Edgew. Trichodesma indicum var. amplexicaule (Roth) T. Cooke |
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| Description : | An annual herb with spreading and densely hairy branches; hairs dimorphic; shorter ones thin, appressed, up to 0.3 mm long; longer ones stiff, up to 0.6 mm long with smaller bases. Leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate, 3.5-8.5 x 0.6-2.0 cm, amplexicaul or nor; middle cauline ones the largest, hairy on both surfaces, the upper surface with hairs up to 1.8 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, lax, few-flowered. Bracts leafy. Pedicel 10-25 mm long. Flowers mauve to pinkish blue or lilac. Calyx 5-partite, hairy, 10-12 mm long, base ± auricled; lobes oblong, narrowed towards apex. Corolla exceeding calyx length, infundibuliform, sparesely hairy on outside; lobes suborbicular, subacuminate. Anthers hairy, aristate-the connectives later twisting together. Nutlets 4-5 mm long, ovoid, smooth, white to bluish. Fl. Per.: Mostly throughout the year. Sporadic, but normally from March-August. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Depurative, Diuretic, Dysentery, Emollient, Fever, Pectoral, Sudorific | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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