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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH198 : Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.) Nees

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 382  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Dipteracanthus
Species : Dipteracanthus patulus
Plant Location in Melghat : Bori, Dhargad  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Acanthaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Spreading Ruellia, Grandhi nayakam
 
Synonym : Ruellia patula Jacq.
Ruellia pallida Vahl
Description : An erect, hoary pubescent, up to 50 cm tall, basally woody, much branched shrublet with ± quadrangular twigs. Leaves on 4-10 (-20) mm long petioles; lamina elliptic-ovate, rarely obovate, (1.2-) 1.5-5 (-6) x 1-3 (-4.5) cm, densely pubescent on both sides, entire, basally rounded, obtuse or subacute. Flowers pale-white, sessile, 3-4 cm long, usually solitary axillary, rarely 2-3 in cymes; bracteoles leafy, elliptic-spathulate or ovate, 8-10 mm x 6-7 mm, obtuse, petiolate. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, (3-) 4-5 (-6) mm long, ciliate, ± equal, acute. Corolla tube up to 3 cm long, infundibuliform, limb lobes suborbicular, 8-10 mm long, obtuse. Staminal filaments glabrous, anthers oblong, c. 2 mm long. Ovary glabrous, c. 2 mm long; style filiform, 2-3 cm long, hairy. Capsule elliptic-clavate, 1.4-1.8 cm long, glabrous, 8-10-seeded. Seeds flat, ± orbicular, c. 3 mm across. Fl. Per.: September-March.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : treatment of wounds, leaves are used for treating itches, insect bites, sores, eye diseases, tumours, skin diseases, rheumatic complaints, renal affections, dental problems and insect bites. treatment of gonorrhea, syphilis, eye sore, renal infection, cough, wounds, scalds, toothache, stomachache and kidney stones
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Hexadecane
Octadecane
Beta-Sitosterol
Squalene
Reference : ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388

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

~ KARTHIKA C, YOGESHWARI G, MURUGANANTHAM K and MANIVANNAN S; "PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RUELLIA PATULA USING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY"; Asian J Pharm Clin Res (2016); 9(2): 111-113 PMID :