MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH099 : Ageratum conyzoides L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 238 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Most common and abundant especially in watter situations and shade | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Compositae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Goat weed, Billy goat weed, Tropical whiteweed, Jangli pudina, Visadodi, Semandulu, Gha buti, Bhakumbar, Ghanera osaadi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Ageratum album Hort.Berol. ex Hornem. Ageratum arsenei B.L.Rob. Ageratum brachystephanum Regel Ageratum ciliare L. Ageratum coeruleum Desf. Ageratum conyzoides f. album(Willd.) B.L.Rob. Ageratum conyzoides f. conyzoides Ageratum conyzoides f. obtusifolia(Lam.) Miq. Ageratum conyzoides var. hirtum(Lam.) DC. Ageratum conyzoides var. inaequipaleaceum Hieron. Ageratum conyzoides var. pilosum Blume Ageratum cordifolium Roxb. Ageratum hirsutum Lam. Ageratum hirtum Lam. Ageratum humile Larran. Ageratum iltisii R.M.King & H.Rob. Ageratum latifolium Cav. Ageratum latifolium var. galapageium B.L.Rob. Ageratum microcarpum (Benth. ex Benth.) Hemsl. Ageratum muticum Griseb. Ageratum nanum Hort. ex Sch.Bip. Ageratum obtusifolium Lam. Ageratum odoratum Bailly Ageratum suffruticosum Regel Alomia microcarpa f. torresii Standl. Cacalia mentrasto Vell. Conc. Carelia brachystephana (Regel) Kuntze Carelia conyzoides (L.) Kuntze Carelia mutica (Griseb.) Kuntze Coelestina microcarpa Benth. ex Benth. Coelestina suffruticosa Sweet Eupatorium conyzoides (L.) E. H. Krause Eupatorium paleaceum Sessé & Moc. Sparganophorus obtusifolius Lag. |
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| Description : | Herbs, viscid hairy. Leaves 5-7 x 3-5 cm, ovate, apex acute, crenate, base rounded; petiole 1-3 cm long. Heads white, to 7 mm across, in terminal corymbose panicle; bracts 1-3-seriate, 3-4 mm long, elliptic, toothed at apex, 3-ribbed. Flowers all similar, bisexual; corolla 2.5 mm long, tubular, white, glabrous, 5-lobed at apex; stamens 5, anthers linear. Achenes 2 mm long, linear, 5-angled, hirsute along the angles; pappus 3-4 mm long, many, setaceous. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | pneumonia, Burns, Fever, Rheumatism, Headache, Colic, Colds, Diarrhea, Rheumatism, Spasms. Whole plant: applied externally in ague. Roots: juice. Leaves: applied to wounds. Anti-cancer (Ogunwande et al., 2010); tumorogenic; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Beta-pinene Beta-selinae Beta-sitosterol Cadinene Caryophyllene-oxide Conyzorigin 6,7-Dimethoxy-2, 2-methylchromene 6-demethoxy-ageratochromene 6-vinyl-demetjoxy-ageratocchromene Farnesol Kaempferol Quercetin-3,7-diglucoside |
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| Reference : | ~ Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, SKokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, and Jacques Simpore; "Ethnobotanical Study Of Plants Used To Treat Asthma In The Maritime Region In Togo"; Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2017); 14(1): 196-212 PMID : 28480398 ~ 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 : ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Nduche, M.U. and Okwulehie, I.C.; "ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY OF PLANTS USED IN TREATING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA"; Review of Plant Studies (2014); 1(2): 1-9 PMID : ~ Behailu Bizuayehu and Belachew Garedew; "A review on the ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of gonorrhea disease in Ethiopia"; Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (2018); 9(3): 183-193 PMID : |
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