MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH203 : Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 387 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Acanthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Marsh Barbel, shulamardan, ekharo, kanta sheriyo, talimkhana, bhankari, gokshur, kokil-ankh, kshura, tal makhana, trikat, trivarnak, gokantaka, gokshura,kolsundo, bahel-schulli, ekhara, gokshura, kolista, kolsunda, saranta, talimkhana, koilakha, ati-chattraka, bhadra-kanta, bhiksu, chattra, citra-kantaka, dhanasyaka, garja-phala, kokilaksah, ksura,nir-mulli, enugu palleru, kokilaksi, vana-sringatamu | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Asteracantha longifolia (L.) Nees. Barleria auriculata Schumach. Barleria longifolia L. Hygrophila spinosa T. Anders. |
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| Description : | A stout, suffrutescent, strigose-hispid, upto 80 cm tall herb, armed with 6 axillary, 2-3.5 cm long, straight or curved thorns at each node. Leaves in pseudowhorls of 6, outer 2 larger, sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, (4-) 5-12 (-15) x 1.5-2.5 cm, white-hairy, margins inconspicuously dentate, base cuneate, acute at the apex. Flowers in axillary, whorled fascicles, purplish-blue, c. 2.5 cm long; bracts lanceolate, 2-2.5 cm long, hairy; bracteoles linear, 6-8 mm long, pilose. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes unequal, lanceolate, acute, outer ones longest, 2-2.2 cm long, limb 2-lipped, 5-lipped, 5-lobed, lips subequal, upper lip 2-lobed, lower trilobite, lobes obtuse. Stamens 4, all fertile; anthers oblong, c. 2.5 mm long. Ovary oblong, 8-ovuled, hairy at tip; style filiform, upto 2.5 cm long. Capsule oblong, shorter than calyx, glabrous, 4-8-seeded. Seeds orbicular, c. 3 mm across, on long curved retinacula. Fl. Per.: August-March. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Kokilaksha, as it is known in sanskrit, was extensively used in Ayurvedic system of medicine for various ailments like rheumatism, inflammation, jaundice, hepatic obstruction, pain, etc. Hygrophila stimulates the male genital system and is beneficial in the treatment of sexual debility, premature ejaculation and erectile failure. It is also a potent remedy for kidney stones. anti-cancer | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | apigenin luteolin luteolin-7-rutinoside asteracanthine asteracanthicine lupeol betulin hentriacontane Beta-carotene Beta-sitosterol stigmasterol myristic acid palmitic acid stearic acid vannilic acid syringic acid n-triacontane Betulin |
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| Reference : | ~ Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, SKokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, and Jacques Simpore; "Ethnobotanical Study Of Plants Used To Treat Asthma In The Maritime Region In Togo"; Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2017); 14(1): 196-212 PMID : 28480398 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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