MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH247 : Polygonum glabrum Willd. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 444 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Polygonaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | K- Dongra, Bonriya Ghehu, Common Marsh Buckwheat, Chuvanna Mudela Mukkum, Sivappu Kumbakodaali, Actalaree, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Polygonum densiflorum Meisn. Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Small. Persicaria portoricense (Bertero ex Small) Small Persicaria glabra (Willd.) G. Maza Persicaria densiflora (Meisn.) Moldenke. |
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| Description : | Plants perennial, 3–15 dm; roots also often arising from proximal nodes; rhizomes present. Stems decumbent to erect, usually branched distally, without noticeable ribs, glabrous or, rarely, pubescent distally, sometimes glandular-punctate. Leaves: ocrea light brown, cylindric, 12–23 mm, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, eciliate, surface glabrous, usually obscurely glandular-punctate; petiole 0.2–2 cm, scabrous; blade without dark triangular or lunate blotch adaxially, lanceolate, (10–)15–30 × (1.5–)2–5.4 cm, base tapered, margins glabrous or antrorsely strigose, apex acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or scabrous along midveins, sometimes glandular-punctate. Inflorescences mostly terminal, sometimes also axillary, erect to slightly nodding, usually uninterrupted, 30–100 × 5–9 mm; peduncle 10–50 mm, glabrous or scabrid, glandular-punctate; ocreolae usually overlapping, margins eciliate. Pedicels erect to spreading, 2–5 mm. Flowers (1–)3–8 per ocreate fascicle, homostylous; perianth greenish white to white or pink, glabrous, not glandular-puncate or glandular-punctate with punctae ± uniformly distributed, scarcely accrescent; tepals 5, connate ca. 1/3 their length, obovate, 3–3.6 mm, veins not prominent, not anchor shaped, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded; stamens 5–7, included; anthers pink or red, ovate; styles 2, connate proximally. Achenes included, dark brown to brownish black, biconvex, 2–2.2 × 1.3–1.6 mm, shiny, smooth. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | leaves of this plant are used for treatment of colic pain, fever; Root decoction given internally to neutralize the Krait poison. Root powder given for urinary stones. Plant powder with honey given for white discharge in women (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | diosmetin rutin hyperin quercitrin 6, 6-dimethyl-1 3-heptadien-5-ol oleicacid 9-octadecenamide isodecyloctyl ester 1,2,3-benzenetriol vannilic acid syringic acid p-hydro benzoic acid protocatecheuic acid galliccis acid p-coumaric acid kaempferol Quercetin rhametin avicularin |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID : |
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