MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS055 : Hamiltonia suaveolens (Roxb.) Roxb. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 229 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On open rocky areas, in forest undergrowth | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Rubiaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | K-Guwagad, Forest Champa • Hindi: Padera, Padwa, Mahabal, Barcha • Marathi: Gidesa • Nepali: Ben champa • Telugu: Erra Mogi, Konda muritidi • Urdu: Ban champa | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. Hamiltonia dulina Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don. Hamiltonia mysorensis Wight & Arn. Hamiltonia propinqua Decne. Hamiltonia scabra D.Don. Hamiltonia spectabilis Carrière. Lasianthus tubiflorus Blume. Mephitidia tubiflora DC. Nonatelia filamentosa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don. Spermadictyon azureum Wall. Spermadictyon mysorense Steud. Spermadictyon scabrum Spreng. Spermadictyon suaveolens azureum (Wall.) Bennet & Raizada. |
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| Description : | Erect shrub, 1-3 m tall. Stem much branched, opposite decussate, glabrous or slightly pubescent, more or less herbaceous, bark of woody portion ash-coloured and usually with purple streaks. Leaves opposite, 7-20 x 4-10 cm, elliptic, oblong or ovate, acute to acuminate, attenuate, glabrous or pubescent, specially on nerves beneath, lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, arcuate; petiole 1-2 cm long; stipules broad triangular, cuspidate, ensiform or abruptly acuminate. Inflorescence trichotomously branched with panicles of head-like clusters. Flowers bluish-purple or white, fragrant, c. 1.5 cm long; bracts c. 2 mm long, leafy; bracteoles many, surrounding each fascicle of flowers, subulate, vinous. Calyx teeth 5, linear-subulate, hispid, persistent; tube narrow. Corolla-tube slender, widened somewhat towards the mouth, pubescent; lobes 5, spreading, oblong or ovate, acute, valvate in bud, c. 2 mm long. stamens included, filaments very short, anthers erect. Style filiform, as long as corolla-tube; stigma 5-cleft. Capsule 2.5-4 mm long, ovoid, 5-valved at the top, pubescent, black, compressed. Seeds 5 or less by abortion, surrounded by loose reticulate aril. Fl. Per.: Sept: Dec. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Roots and stem for curing the diseases related to bone, wound healing, diabetes, Herpes etc. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Azulene Tetratetracontane 9-Nonadecane n-hexadecanoic acid Beta-sitosterol stigmasterol Phytol Phosphine triphenyl Cyclotrisiloxane |
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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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