MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH267 : Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 479 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On old walls, Forest nurseries | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | UNCOMMON | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Urticaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Artillery Plant, Gun Powder / Artillery Plant, Gunpowder Plant, Gun powder plant, Rockweed, Gunpowder Plant, Pistol Plant, Artillery Plant, Rockweed, Artillery Fern | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Adicea herniarioides (Sw.) Small. Adicea microphylla (L.) Kuntze. Adike allophyla Rafin. Chamaecnide microphylla (L.) Nees ex Miq. Dubrueilia microphylla (L.) Gaud. Parietaria microphylla L. Pilea aripoensis Britton. Pilea callitrichoides Schltdl. Pilea herniarifolia Bl. Pilea microphylla var. trianthemoides (Sw.) Griseb. Pilea muscosa Lindl. Pilea peperomifolia Liebm. Pilea portula Liebm. Pilea portulacina (Spreng.) Bl. Pilea tenerrima Miq. Pilea trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl. Urtica microphylla (L.) Sw. Urtica portulacina Spreng. Urtica portulacoides Spreng. Urtica trianthemoides Sw. |
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| Description : | Slender succulent herbs; branches and leaves bifarious; stem transparent. Leaves to 4 x 3 mm, ovate-orbicular, base attenuate, apex obtuse, subsucculent, 1-nerved; raphides transverse; petiole to 1 mm long. Flowers monoecious in small umbellate clusters, 1-1.5 mm across. Male flowers: tepals 4, free, concave, obtuse; stamens 4. Female flowers: tepals connate, 2-4-toothed; ovary c. 0.5 mm long, ovoid, 1-celled; ovule 1. Achene c. 1 mm long, ellipsoid. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | An infusion of the entire plant is used as a diuretic. The crushed leaves are applied commonly to sores and bruises to heal them. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | quercetin-3-O-rutinoside 3-O-caffeoylquinic acid luteolin-7-O-glucoside apigenin-7-O-rutinoside apigenin-7-O-alpha-d-glucopyranoside quercetin |
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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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