MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC007 : Cardiospermum halicacabum L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 91 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In hedges Fields and among grasses | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Rare | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Sapindaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Kapalphodi, Balloon Vine, Love-in-a-puff, heart pea, heart seed, Kanphata, Kanphuti, kanphuti, shibjal, kakumardanika, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cardiospermum acuminatum Miq. Cardiospermum corycodes Kunze Cardiospermum corycodes Kuntze Cardiospermum glabrum Schumach. & Thonn. Cardiospermum inflatum Salisb. Cardiospermum luridum Blume Cardiospermum moniliferum Sw. ex Steud. Cardiospermum pumilum Blume Cardiospermum truncatum A.Rich. Corindum halicacabum (L.) Medik. |
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| Description : | Woody, annual, many-branched vine with bi-fid (forked) axillary tendrils that are used for climbing. Leaves are alternate and twice ternately compound. Leaflets bear toothed margins, are lanceolate in shape, 2-4cm in length, 1-2cm wide, and faintly pubescent with pinnate venation. Uses the two-branched axillary tendrils often found at the base of the inflorescences. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Ear problems, C. halicacabum has been used in the treatment of rheumatism, nervous diseases, stiffness of the limbs and snake bite. Leaves are crushed and made into a tea, which aids itchy skin. Salted leaves are used as a poultice on swellings. Young leaves can be cooked as vegetables. The leaf juice has been used as a treatment for earache as well. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Pentadecanoie acid Apigenin Protocatechuic acid Protocatechualdehyde Hentriacontanol Calycosin Rutin Quercetin |
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| 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 : |
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