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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MO011 : Eulophia ochreata Lindl.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Asparagales
Family : Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Genus : Eulophia
Species : Eulophia ochreata Lindl.
Plant Location in Melghat : Belkund  
Plant Category : Orchid  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Orchidaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : Golden-Yellow Eulophia • Marathi: amarkand, amarkanda
 
Synonym : Graphorkis ochreata (Lindl.) Kuntze

Description : Herbs, with tuberous roots and dense many flowered raceme.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : expectorant, anabolic, tonic, diuretic, astringent, digestive, and soft purgative, and also recommended for the treatment of ear discharge, blood clotting, joint edema, and debility. These are also used in stomatitis, purulent cough; and in the heart problems, dyscrasia, and scrofulous diseases of the neck; bronchitis, blood diseases, and as a vermifuge.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : phenanthrene nudol
phenanthrene
Eulophiol
quercetin
apigenin
Luteolin
Kaempferol
Beta-Sitosterol
Beta-amyrin
Lupeol

Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :