MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH234 : Boerhavia diffusa L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 430 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Rare | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Nyctaginaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Khaparkhuti, Punarnava, red spiderling, spreading hogweed, tarvine, Adakaputtana gida, Raktapunarnava, Shothaghni, Kathillaka, Kshudra, Varshabhu, Raktapushpa, Varshaketu, and Shilatika | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Axia cochinchinensis Lour. Boerhavia adscendens Willd. Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl. Boerhavia ciliatobracteata Heimerl Boerhavia coccinea var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Standl. Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Kuntze) Moscoso Boerhavia diffusa var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) C.D.Adams Boerhavia diffusa var. obtusifolia Choisy Boerhavia diffusa var. paniculata Kuntze Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy Boerhavia friesii Heimerl Boerhavia paniculata f. esetosa Heimerl Boerhavia paniculata f. multiglandulosa Heimerl ex Parodi Boerhavia paniculata var. guaranitica Heimerl Boerhavia paniculata var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f. Commicarpus africanus (Lour.) Dandy |
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| Description : | Herbs with long trailing branches; stem reddish, tomentose. Leaves unequal, ovate, obtuse, undulate along margins, truncate to subcordate at base, tomentose; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers 4 mm long, 4-10 together, in axillary or terminal, peduncled umbels; bracts 5, ovate, glandular, perianth pink, stamens 3, capsule 3 x 1 mm, clavate, 5-ribbed, glandular. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Blood purification, in vitro anti-cancer, antiestrogenic, immunomodulatory and anti-amoebic. Popular in Ayurveda, this herb is known for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. The roots of Boerhavia diffusa, commonly known as 'Punarnava', are used by a large number of tribes in India for the treatment of various hepatic disorders and for internal inflammation. Anodectal data has also reported effectiveness of Boerhavia diffusa incases of oedema and ascites resulting from early cirrhosis of the liver and chronic peritonitis. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Boeravinones G Boeravinones H lunamarine Punarnavoside C-methyl flavone ursolic acids |
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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 ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Patil KS and Bhalsing SR; "Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of the genus Boerhavia"; J Ethnopharmacol (2016); 182: 200-20 PMID : 26844923 ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Abeynayake Pemadasa, Jansz Manori, Rajoria Kshpira and Singh Sarvesh Kumar; "Role of Rajayapana basti with reference to Duchenne muscular Dystrophy: A review"; Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm. (2016); 7(4): 7-10 PMID : ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Anupama Thapliyal, Roop Krishen Khar, Amrish Chandra; "Overview of Cancer and Medicinal Herbs used for Cancer Therapy"; Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics (2018); 12(1): S1-8 PMID : ~ Nduche, M.U. and Okwulehie, I.C.; "ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY OF PLANTS USED IN TREATING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA"; Review of Plant Studies (2014); 1(2): 1-9 PMID : |
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