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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS003 : Capparis zeylanica L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 10  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Capparales
Family : Capparaceae
Genus : Capparis
Species : Capparis zeylanica L.
Plant Location in Melghat : Mostly in along roadsides and near village sites  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare  
Plant Family : Capparaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Waghata, Pachwa, Ceylon caper, Indian caper • Hindi: Aradanda • Tamil: Adondai • Konkani: Govindphal • Marathi: Govindi • Sanskrit: Vyaghranakhi • Telugu: Palaki • Gujarati: Karrallura • Rajasthani: Gitoran • Kannada: Mullukattari • Nepali: Ban kera
 
Synonym : Capparis acuminata Roxb.
Capparis aurantioides Presl.
Capparis baducca L.
Capparis brevispina Auct. non DC.
Capparis crassifolia Kurz
Capparis dealbata DC.
Capparis erythrodasys Miq.
Capparis formosa Wall.
Capparis hastigera Hance.
Capparis horrida L.f.
Capparis latifolia Craib.
Capparis nemorosa Blanco.
Capparis ovalifolia Zipp. ex Miq.
Capparis polymorpha Kurz.
Capparis quadriflora DC.
Capparis rufescens Turcz.
Capparis subhorrida Craib.
Capparis swinhoei Hance.
Capparis terniflora DC.
Capparis wallichiana Wight & Arn.
Capparis wightiana Wall.
Capparis zeylanica var. pubipetala.
S.Y.Liu, X.Q.Ning & Y.F.Tan.
Oligloron zeylanica (L.) Rafin.
Pleuteron baduca (L.) Rafin.
Description : Stragglers, branchlets adpressed tomentose. Leaves 7-9 x 5-6 cm, ovate, apex mucronate, base truncate, pubescent; petiole to 1 cm, densely pubescent, stipular spines small, in pairs, recurved. Flowers in supra axillary rows, 3-4 cm across, white, buds densely pubescent; pedicels 2-4 cm, pubescent; stamens numerous, long exserted, white, turns to brown, gynandrophore as long as or longer than filaments; ovary 2.5 mm, ellipsoid.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The leaves are employed as a counter-irritant, and are made into a poultice for treating boils, swellings and haemorrhoids. They are also used to reduce perspiration and to improve the appetite. A decoction of the root-bark is used as a remedy for vomiting and to improve the appetite. anti-ulcer; In folk medicine, leaves used as cataplasm for boils, swelling and hemorrhoids. Decoction of root-bark used for vomiting and for improving the appetite. Leaves also used to improve the appetite.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : p-hydroxybenzoic acid
syringic acid
vanillic acid
ferrulic acid
p-coumanic acid
beta-carotene
thioglycoside
glycocapparin
n-tricortane
alpha-amyrin
phytosterol
Reference : ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :