MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH366 : Senecio nudicaulis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 30 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On vairat hills along moist slopes | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Compositae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Rugel's Indian plantain, Rugels ragwort | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cineraria pauciflora Spreng. ex DC. Senecio blattariifolia Franch. Senecio esquirolii H.Lév. Senecio pallens Bojer ex DC. Senecio yunnanensis Franch. |
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| Description : | Herbs, perennial, ± subscapigerous, rhizomatous. Stems solitary or 2 or 3-fasciculate, erect, 30-70 cm tall, simple. Basal leaves rosulate, sessile, oblong-obovate, 3-18 × 1-6 cm, abaxially sparsely arachnoid, glabrescent to glabrous and sometimes purplish, pinnately veined, lateral veins 10-14, midvein and main veins rather prominent abaxially, attenuate to base, margin subentire or crenate-serrate, apically obtuse or rounded. Stem leaves few, usually 3-5, sessile; blade oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 2-4 × 0.5-1.5 cm, base expanded, auriculate and subamplexicaul, margin crenate-dentate to lobulate, apex obtuse. Capitula radiate, few to many in terminal compound corymbs; peduncles 1-2.5 cm, sparsely arachnoid or puberulent, bracteate, with 1-3 linear bracteoles. Involucres broadly campanulate, 5-6 × 3-6 mm, calyculate; bracts of calyculus 4 or 5, linear-subulate, 2-3 mm, herbaceous, sparsely arachnoid or subglabrous, 3-veined, margin broadly scarious, apically acute and puberulent. Ray florets 13; corolla tube ca. 4 mm; lamina yellow, oblong, ca. 10 × 2-2.5 mm, 4-veined, apically 3-denticulate. Disk florets many; corolla yellow, ca. 6 mm, with ca. 2.5 mm tube and funnelform limb; lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 0.8 mm, apically acute. Anthers ca. 1.8 mm, basally obtusely to subacutely auriculate, appendages ovate-oblong; antheropodia rather short, basally distinctly dilated. Achenes cylindric, ca. 2 mm, pubescent. Pappus whitish, ca. 5 mm. Fl. Mar-Apr. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Plant extract and leaves are used in colic, fever and on some skin diseases. Plant decoction given in amoebic dysentery (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | epoxide-II alpha-humulene beta-caryophyllene beta-cedrene longiborneol citronellol |
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| 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 : |
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