MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC003 : Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 84 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Mostly around villages on jhedges and small trees | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Vitaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Kandvel, Popasvel, Rudrakshi, wild grape, katti-bel, pani-bel, dokela, nadena, ran draksha, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Ampelocissus erioclada (Wight & Arn.) Planch. [Illegitimate] Vitis erioclada Wight & Arn. Vitis latifolia Roxb. |
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| Description : | Wild Grape is a large herbaceous climber, with a tuberous root stock. Stem and branches are hollow, more or less smooth. Leaves circular or broadly heart-shaped 7-15 x 8-15 cm, 3-7 lobed, lobes acute, toothed. Leaf stalk 3-5 cm long. Inflorescence is a compact cyme with a stalk 6-7 cm long, ending in a long bifurcate tendril. Flowers numerous, deep reddish. Petals 5, oblong. Fruit is spherical, black, 6-7 mm, 2 seeded, rarely 3 seeded. Flowering: May-August. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Plant is used in muscular pain, sores, pneumonia and bone fracture. Decoction of the stem bark is given in stomach pain. Root paste is applied to wounds to heal; decoction is given in cases of chronic dysentery. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Beta-sitosterol |
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| Reference : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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