MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH215 : Rungia repens (L.) Nees |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 400 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Acanthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Creeping Rungia, Kharmor, Ghati-pitpapra, Kodaga Saleh, Parpatha | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Adhatoda spicata Burm. ex Steud. Diapedium repens (L.) Kuntze. Dicliptera repens (L.) Juss. Justicia repens L. |
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| Description : | Decumbent herbs. Leaves 3-5 x 1.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute at both ends, puberulus; petiole to 0.5 mm. Spike to 6 mm, terminal; bracts 4-farious, 2 rows barren, similar to 7 x 3 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, thinly pubescent, margin scarious; bracteoles ca 4 x 0.7 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate; calyx 3.5 x 5 mm, lobes 5, subequal, lanceolate; corolla to 5 x 2 mm, pinkish with white striations; stamens 2, on the throat of the corolla tube, filaments puberulus, anthers cells unequal, appendaged; ovary globose, 1 mm, puberulus, style hairy, stigma hispid. Capsule to 5 mm, elliptic-oblong, pubescent; seeds suborbicular. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The herb is dried and pulverized for use in the treatment of cough and fever; it is also credited with vermifugal and diuretic properties. Fresh, bruised leaves are mixed with castor oil and applied to scalp to cure Tinea capitis, a scaly fungoid infection, usually occurring amongst children. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | luteolin chrysoeriol isosalipurposide |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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