MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH263 : Phyllanthus debilis J.G.Klein ex Willd. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 470 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Euphorbiaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | niruri | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Diasperus debilis (Klein ex Willd.) Kuntze Phyllanthus boninsimae Nakai Phyllanthus leai S.Moore Phyllanthus niruri var. debilis (Klein ex Willd.) Müll.Arg. Phyllanthus niruri var. javanicus Müll.Arg. |
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| Description : | Monoecious, erect annual herbs 0.1-0.8 m tall; stems often branching with age, branching phyllanthoid, the branches 4-10 (-12) cm long, usually with 15-35 leaves. Leaves narrowly elliptic, (6-) 8-21 mm long, 2.5-5 mm wide, petioles 0.3-1 mm long, stipules lanceolate, 0.9-1.2 mm long. Staminate flowers 3-4 in racemose cymes arising in the first 2-4 nodes of the branches, pedicels less than 0.5 mm long, calyx 6-lobed, 0.5-0.6 mm long, nectary disk 6-lobed, stamens 3, filaments connate; pistillate flowers solitary in the nodes above staminate flowers, pedicels becoming 1.1-1.6 mm long, calyx lobes 6, (1-) 1.2-1.5 mm long, margins whitish and scarious, nectary disk shallowly 6-lobed, styles distinct, bifid. Capsules depressed-globose, ca. 2-2.2 mm in diameter, the surface smooth, explosively dehiscent. Seeds pale yellowish brown, angled, ca. 1-1.1 mm long, with 6-7 longitudinal ribs and fine transverse striations on back" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 627). | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | stimulating sluggish liver and as a tonic; whole plant is used as a remedy for diabetes mellitus. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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