MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH170 : Nicandra physaloides (L.) Scop. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 342 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On Chikhaldara & Vairat | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Solanaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Apple of peru, Gumtae, Apple Of Peru, Shoefly Plant, Shoofly Plant, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Atropa physalodes L. Physalodes physalodes (L.) Britton, nom. inval. |
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| Description : | Shoo-Fly Plant, is a coarse, erect annual that is native to Peru. The large alternate leaves reach up to 1 foot long and somewhat resemble Datura leaves. Plants will reach 3 to 8 feet in height and are about half as wide. They can become very weedy and have become a noxious weed in the tropics. All parts of the plant are poisonous and care should be taken in using in the landscape. In mid-spring, the plants are adorned with 1½ inch solitary violet bell-shaped flowers with white centers. After successful pollination, a globose fruit forms inside the persistent calyx, resembling a tomatilla. Shoofly Plant is best propagated from seed. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Diuretic, sedative, cough, amoebiasis, anti-pyretic, constipation, laxative, analgesic, anthelmintic, anti-biotic, anti-inflammatory, toothache; Leaf juice given in amoebic dysentery (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Withanolide |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID : |
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