MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH067 : Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 162 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Among tall grasses & in hedges | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Leguminosae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Jangli Mug, golden gram, green gram, mash bean, mung bean, wild mung, muga, raan muga,vel mung, mudga | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Azukia radiata (L.) Ohwi Phaseolus abyssinicus Savi Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Phaseolus aureus Wall. Phaseolus hirtus Retz. Phaseolus hirtus Wall. Phaseolus mungo sensu auct.fl.As.Med. Phaseolus radiatus L. Phaseolus radiatus var. aurea (Roxb.) Phaseolus radiatus var. typicus Prain Rudua aurea (Roxb.) F.Maek. Vigna radiata var. dublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. [Spelling variant] Phaseolus chanetii (H.Lev.) H.Lev. Pueraria chanetii H.Lev. |
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| Description : | Climbing or erect herb, stem pubescent, hairs brown, stiff spreading. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 5-21 cm long, leaflet 5-16 cm long, 3-12 cm broad, elliptic, rhomboid or ovate, the lateral somewhat oblique, entire or 2-3-lobed, acuminate, glabrous or bristly pilose on both surfaces, petiolule 3-6 mm long; stipules 1-1.8 cm long, peltate. Inflorescence axillary, many flowered, peduncle 2.5-9.5 cm long, bracts 4-5 mm long, pedicel 2-3 mm long, bracteoles 4-7 mm long. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long, glabrous, teeth 1.5-4 mm long, ciliate, the upper pair almost united. Corolla greenish yellow. Vexillum 1.2 cm long. Fruit 4-9 cm long, linear-cylindrical, 5-6 mm broad somewhat constricted between the seeds, pubescent, hairs spreading, dark brown, 8-14-seeded. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory , anti-diabetic, Lipid metabolism accommodation, Antihypertensive, Antitumor, Antisepsis, Anti-cancer(Raihan et al., 2012), anti-asthmatic activity | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Linoleic acid Palmitic Oleic Linolenic Stearic Arachidic acids alpha-tocopherol beta-tocopherol gamma-tocopherol Flavonoids: Vitexin Isovitexin Daidzin Daidzein Ononin Formononetin Isoformononetin 6,7,4alpha-trihydroxyisoflavone 6,7,4beta-trimethoxyisoflavone Genistin Sissotrin Prunetin Genistein Biochanin A Apigenin Rutin Quercetin-3-glucoside Quercetin Kaempferol Myricetin Rhamnetin Kaempferitrin Naringin Neohesperidin Hesperetin Eriodictyol Naringenin Rhododendrin Scopoletin Pomiferin Delphinidin phloretin coumestrol osajin p-hydroxybenzoic Protocatechuic acid Syringic Gallic acid Vanillic acid Gentisic acid Shikimic acid p-coumaric Cinnamic acid Caffeic acid Ferulic Chlorogenic acid |
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| Reference : | ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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