MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC030 : Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 336 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Bori Dhargad, Belkund | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | UNCOMMON | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Convolvulaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Indian jalap, St. Thomas lidpod, transparent wood rose, turpeth root, white day glory, nisoth, pitohri, nisottar, nishotra, triputa, trivrutha, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso. Argyreia alulata Miq. Convolvulus anceps L. Convolvulus turpethum L. Ipomoea anceps (L.) Roem. & Schult. Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R. Br. Ipomoea turpethum var. anceps (L.) Miq Operculina turpethum var. heterophylla Hallier f. Spiranthera turpethum (L.) Bojer |
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| Description : | It is perennial herbaceous, hairy vines growing 4 to 5 meter in length, endemic to India. It is commonly found in North Circars and Deccan region up to 3000 ft. The leaves are alternate, very variable in shape, ovate, oblong and truncate or cordate at the base. The flowers are large, axillary and solitary. Fruit is a capsule with conspicuous enlarged sepals and thickened pedicles. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | It is actually not a purgative but a mild laxative. It is useful in fevers, edema, ascites, anorexia, constipation, hepatosplenomegaly, hemorrhoids, cervical lymphadenitis, fistulas, constipation, chronic gout, fever, bronchitis, ulcers, hemorrhoids, tumors, obesity, jaundice, herpes, induce lacrimation, and other skin disorders. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Alpha-turpethein Beta-turpethein Turpethinic acid A Turpethinic acid B Turpethinic acid C Turpethinic acid D Turpethinic acid E Coumarins cycloartenol lanosta-5-ene 24-methylene-delta-5-lanosterol Alpha-rhamnose Beta-rhamnose Beta-sitosterol Lupeol scopoletin betulin acrylamide stigma-5,22dien-3-O-Beta-D-glucopyranoside Beta-sitosterol-Beta-D-glucoside 22,23-dihydro-alpha-spinosterol-Beta-D-glucoside salicylic acid |
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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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