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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC033 : Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 13  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Macrotyloma (Wight & Arn.) Verdc. - macrotyloma
Species : Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - horsegram
Plant Location in Melghat : Narnala fort  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status : Uncommon  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  
 
Plant Common Name : Kurti Kalai, Dail sumi,
 
Synonym : Dolichos biflorus L.
Description : Perennial or annual climbing herb, stem pubescent, hairs spreading. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 0.8-7.0 cm long, leaflets 1-3.5 cm long, 0.7-7.8 cm broad, ovate rhomboid, obovate or elliptic, (the lateral leaflets oblique), obtuse or subacute, glabrescent to pubescent, petiolule 1-2 mm long; stipules 4-8 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, 1-5-flowered fascicle; peduncle 0.1-5 cm; bracts c. 2 mm long; pedicel 1-7 mm; bracteoles c. 3 mm long. Calyx pubescent, tube 2 mm long, teeth 3-8 mm long, upper 2 united together. Vexillum 0.6-1.2 cm long, cream, yellow or greenish-yellow, often with a purple spot inside. Fruit 3-5.5 cm long, 6-8 mm broad, pubescent or glabrous, acuminate.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Plant is used in tumours, skin eruptions, anal fissures, dysuria, sores and burns. Seeds are astringent to the bowels, anti-pyretic, anthelmintic, diuretic and tonic; cures asthma, bronchitis, hiccup, ozoena, strangury, piles and leucoderma. Decoction of the plant is used in Leucorrhoea and menstrual derangements, it also removes stone from the kidney and gall bladde (Yusuf et l. 2009).
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : coumesterol
psoralidin
Urease
Beta-sitosterol
Reference : ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697

~ V. Bharathi, A. Vijaya Anand; "A Review on Macrotyloma uniflorum"; Am. J. Pharm Tech Res (2015); 5(3): 125-30 PMID :

~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151

~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320

~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :