MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH062 : Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 152 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Indigenous | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Leguminosae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Turel, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Dolicholus minimus (L.) Medik. Dolichos minimus L. Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. var. diminifolia WalP.H. Raven Arcyphyllum rhombifolium (Willd.) Elliott Dolicholus flavus Medik. Dolicholus minimus (L.) Medik. Dolichos minimus L. Glycine lamarckii Kunth Glycine littoralis DC. Glycine reflexa Nutt. Rhynchosia aureo-guttata Andersson Rhynchosia exigua Andersson Rhynchosia hockii De Wild. Rhynchosia ischnoclada Harms Rhynchosia mexicana Steud. Rhynchosia mexicana Hook. & Arn. Rhynchosia microphylla Wall. Rhynchosia minima var. diminifolia Walraven Rhynchosia minima var. lutea Eggers Rhynchosia minima var. pauciflora Kuntze Rhynchosia punctata DC. Dolichos medicagineus Lam. Dolichos scarabaeoides Roxb. Glycine rhombifolia Willd. Rhynchosia adenantha Miq. Rhynchosia candollei Decne. Rhynchosia ervoidea DC. Rhynchosia fridericiana sensu Zoll. & Moritzi Rhynchosia medicaginea (Lam.) DC. Rhynchosia rhombifolia (Willd.) DC. Rhynchosia rhombifolia var. timoriensis DC. |
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| Description : | Perennial, climbing or prostrate; stem glabrous to pubescent. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 6-20 mm long; leaflets 1.0-2.5 cm long and broad, rhomboid-ovate or rhomboid-obovate, mostly acute apiculate, pubescent above, pubescent on the veins and glandular punctate below, glands orange to black; stipules up to 3.5 mm long. Inflorescence a lax axillary raceme. Pedicel very short. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth longer than the tube. Corolla yellow. Vexillum 5-6 mm long, pubescent externally. Fruit 1.2-2 cm long, 6-6.5 mm broad, glabrous, 2-seeded. Fl.Per.: January-March. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Abortifacient, antihelminthic, used in the treatment of wounds, asthma and piles; seed extract shows specific agglutinating action on human RBC; Anti-cancer (Raihan et al., 2012) | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | alpha-Pinene Isopropyl toluene Camphene 2-beta-Pinene Myrcene O-Cymene Limonene alpha-terpinolene Gallic acid Hydroquinone diacetate Stigmasterol Lupeol Beta-sitosterol |
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| 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 ~ Alamgeer, Waqas Younis, Hira Asif, Amber Sharif, Humayun Riaz, Ishfaq Ali Bukhari and Asaad Mohamed Assiri; "Traditional medicinal plants used for respiratory disorders in Pakistan: a review of the ethno-medicinal and pharmacological evidence"; Chin Med (2018); 13(48): 1-29 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 : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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