MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH149 : Exacum pedunculatum L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 307 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In stream and river | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Gentianaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Stalked Persian Violet, Dodda chiraayatha, Kanap-puntu, Kanap-pundu, Kana poondu | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Exacum carinatum Roxb. Exacum dichotomum Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Exacum pedunculare Arn. Exacum punctatum L. fil. Exacum rivulare Edgew. Exacum stellatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Exacum sulcatum Roxb. Exacum tricolor Zoll. & Mor. Pladera decussata Wall. Sebaea carinata (Roxb.) Spreng. Sebaea sulcata (Roxb.) Spreng. |
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| Description : | Annual with a shallow, fibrous rootstock; stem erect, to 30 cm high, sharply 4-angular, occasionally ribbed at angles, branched in the upper half, the branches usually obliquely erect. Leaves broadly ovate, 1.6-5.8 x 1.2-3.4 cm, cuneate or truncate and 5-nerved at base, subacute to obtuse; petioles 0.3-1.8 cm long. Cymes terminal, occasionally axillary. Pedicels 4-20 mm long, slightly curved. Cayx tube to 3 mm long; lobes 4, lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, very acute; wings in fruit semicordate, 2-3 mm wide, strongly nerved. Corolla pale to bright blue; tube 2.4-3 mm long, inflated at base; lobes 4, obliquely erect, oblong to ovate-oblong, 4.5-6 x 2.5-3 mm, acute to subacute. Stamens alternate with corolla lobes; anthers uniformly broad to apex, 2.75-5 mm long, the lobes dehiscing laterally. Stigma simple. Capsule globose, to 5 mm in diam. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | remedy for diabetes and skin diseases, | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Hexadecanoic Acid Metformin |
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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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