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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH211 : Lepidagathis cristata Willd.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 395  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Lepidagathis
Species : Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare, Endemic.  
Plant Family : Acanthaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Kumbhi, Karappan poondu, Crested Lepidagathis, Bhu Terada
 
Synonym : Acanthus cristatus (Willd.) Nees
Lepidagathis cristata var. latifolia Nees
Lepidagathis mitis Dalz.
Lepidagathis mitis var. latifolia (Nees) M.R.Almeida Lepidagathis mitis var. subarmata C. B. Cl.
Lepidagathis rupestris Bedd.
Lepidagathis shuteri T. Anders.
Lepidagathis subarmata Gamble
Ruellia radiciflora Vahl ex Nees
Selago acaulis Herb. Russ. ex Nees
Description : a perennial herb, with almost no stem. Branches, 20 cm long, arise out of a globose head on the ground, and spread out. Leaves are stalkless, 3-6 x 0.5-1 cm, linear-lanceshaped, velvet-hairy, pointed at both ends, margin entire to toothed. Flowers are also arise stalkless from this globose head. Flowers are pale pink, 2-lipped. The upper lip is notched, and the lower lip is divided into 3 lobes. It appears in dry places and waste lands.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Skin diseases, Tonic, fever, inflammations, malaria, skin itch, burns and wounds.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Cristatin A
Cycloartenol
Reference : ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

~ RLS Sikarwar, Bharat Pathak & Anil Jaiswal; "Some unique ethnomedicinal perceptions of tribal communities of Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh"; Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (2008); 7(4): 613-617 PMID :