MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH146 : Canscora decurrens Dalz. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 304 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Along moist gullies, soft muddy banks | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Gentianaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Kilwar, Kilwar, Bhuin neem | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. Canscora diffusa var. tetraptera V.N. Naik & D.S. Pokle Canscora divaricata Miq. ex C. B. Cl. Canscora foliosa D. Don Canscora khandalensis Santapau Canscora kirkii N. E. Br. Canscora lancifolia Miq. ex C. B. Cl. Canscora lauri C. B. Cl. Canscora lawii Wight Canscora pauciflora Dals. Canscora rubiflora X.X. Chen Canscora tenella Wall. Cobamba dichotoma Blanco Exacum diffusum (Vahl) Willd. Exacum erectum Roth Exacum tenellum Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Flemingia virgata Roxb. ex Wall. Gentiana diffusa Vahl Orthostemon erectum R. Br. Orthostemon huegelii Griseb. Orthostemon kirkii N. E. Br. Pladera virgata Roxb. |
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| Description : | Stem 4-angular. Lower leaves 2 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, petiolate; upper ones ovate, sessile, 3-ribbed, glabrous. Cymes terminal; bracts ovate. Flowers many; pedicel 1 cm long, filiform; calyx 6 mm long, wingless, 5-toothed, glabrous; corolla white, 9 mm long, tube cylindrical, lobes lanceolate, acute; two stamens fertile, two sterile. Capsule 5 mm long, linear-oblong. Flowering: October-November. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The Plant is used as a nerve tonic. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | free xanthones xanthone glucosides (-)-loliolide methoxyxanthones hydroxyxanthones Beta-amyrin friedelin gentianine xanthones mangiferin |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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