MPdb: Melghat's Plant databank

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MH347 : Geranium mascatense Boiss.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Class	: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order	: Geraniales
Family	: Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Genus	: Geranium L. - geranium
Species	: Geranium mascatense

Plant Location in Melghat :

At higher elevation along moist-slopes in the interior of the forest

Plant Category :

Herbs

Plant's Current Status :

Rare

Plant Family :

Geraniaceae

Plant Common Name :

Synonym :

Geranium brevipes Hutch. & Dalziel.
Geranium choorense Royle.
Geranium eritreae R.Knuth.
Geranium favosum var. sublaeve Oliv.
Geranium kweichowense C.C.Huang.
Geranium mascatense var. africanum (R.Knuth) Raizada
Geranium mascatense var. camerunense (R.Knuth) Raizada
Geranium mascatense var. himalaicum (R.Knuth) Raizada
Geranium mascatense var. yunnanense (R.Knuth) Raizada
Geranium ocellatum Jacquem.
Geranium ocellatum var. africanum R.Knuth.
Geranium ocellatum var. camerunense R.Knuth.
Geranium ocellatum var. himalaicum R.Knuth.
Geranium ocellatum var. sublaeve (Oliv.) Milne-Redh.
Geranium ocellatum var. yunnanense R.Knuth.
Geranium tapintzense C.C.Huang.

Description :

Similar to Geranium ocellatum in habit, but differs in the larger (up to 3 mm long), transverse, deeply furrowed and puberulous mericarps. Fl. Per.: March-April.

Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :

Plant powder is given to improve memory (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002).

Plant's Phytochemicals :

Reference :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID :