MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS094 : Homonoia riparia Lour. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 467 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In Sipna river bed | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | UNCOMMON, Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Euphorbiaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Jangli - Kaner, Willow-Leaved Water Croton • Hindi: Sherni • Marathi: raan kaner, sherni • Tamil: kattalari • Malayalam: neervanchi, puzhavanchi • Telugu: Adavi ganneru • Kannada: hole nage, Niru kanigalu • Oriya: thotthori • Assamese: Hil-kadam, Tuipui-sulhla • Khasi: Jalangmynrei • Sanskrit: Jalavetasa, Kshudrapashanabheda | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Adelia neriifolia B.Heyne ex Roth. Croton salicifolius Geiseler. Haematospermum neriifolium (B.Heyne ex Roth) Wall. ex Voigt. Haematospermum salicinum(Hassk.)Baill. Lumanaja juviatilis Blanco. Ricinus salicinus Hassk. Spathiostemon salicinus (Hassk.) Hassk. Spathiostemon salicinus var. angustifolius Miq. |
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| Description : | Large shrubs; branchlets pubescent, reddish. Leaves spiral, closely packed, to 18 x 2 cm, linear-oblong, acute at either ends, penninerved, covered with yellow scales below and pubescent along nerves; petiole 1 cm long, tomentose; stipule filiform. Flowers dioecious in axillary 10-15 cm long racemes. Male flowers 3 mm across, sepals 2-5, glabrous, ciliate along the margins, yellowish red; stamens many, free. Female flowers sessile, densely packed; bracts ovate; sepals 2 mm long, lanceolate, ciliate; ovary densely hairy; styles 3, spreading, linear. Capsule 5 mm across, globose, hairy. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | A root decoction acts as an emetic. A decoction of the leaves is used against itches. The stems and leaves are applied as a purgative. The leaves were used to blacken teeth and to fix loose ones. The pounded leaves and sometimes fruits are applied as a poultice against skin diseases. A decoction of the leaves and fruits is similarly effective. Stem and leaves are used as a medicine to depurate the skin of diseases. An infusion of the wood is used against malaria and scabies. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | aleuritolic acid 3-acetoxy-aleuritolic acid taraxerone taraxerol methyl 3-acetoxy-12-oleanen-28-oate 3-acetoxy-12-oleanen-28-ol ursolic acid lupenol 3beta-acetoxy-lupenol cleomiscosin A chrysophanol gallic acid |
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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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