MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH313 : Cyperus rotundus L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 535 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Common | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Cyperaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Nagarmotha, coco-grass, Java grass, nut grass, purple nut sedge or purple nutsedge, red nut sedge, Khmer kravanh chruk, Keyabon, Bara-nagar-motha, Korehi-jhar, Motha, abdahullu, koranari-gadde, karimuttan, kora-kizanna, muttanna, Shembang kouthum, Barik motha, Bimbal, mutha, abhrabheda, ambhodhara, ambuda, korai, korai kilangu, muthakasu, bhadra-tunga-muste, bhadramuste, sad kufi, habu-ul-zillam, nagarmotha | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Chlorocyperus rotundus (L.) Palla Chorocyperus salaamensis Palla Cyperus agresti Willd. ex Spreng. & Link Cyperus arabicus Ehrenb. ex Boeck. Cyperus bicolor Vahl Cyperus bifax C.B.Clarke Cyperus bulbosotoloniferus Mig. Cyperus comosus Sm. Cyperus disruptus C.B.Clarke Cyperus herbicavus Melliss Cyperus hexastachyos Rottb. Cyperus hildra Poir. Cyperus hydra Michx. Cyperus laevissimus Steud. Cyperus leptostachyus Griff. Cyperus merkeri C.B.Clarke Cyperus micreilema Steud. Cyperus nubicus C.B.Clarke Cyperus ochreoides Steud. Cyperus oliganthus Gand. Cyperus olivaris O.Targ.Tozz. Cyperus platystachys Cherm. Cyperus procerulus Nees Cyperus pseudovariegatus Boeck. Cyperus purpureovariegatus Boeck. Cyperus radicosus Sm. Cyperus rudioi Boeckeler Cyperus taylorii C.B.Clarke Cyperus tetrastachyos Desf. Cyperus tuberosus Rottb. Cyperus weinlandii Kuk. Cyperus yoshinagae Ohwi Pycreus rotundus (L.) Hayek Schoenus tuberosus Burm.f. |
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| Description : | a highly variable perennial sedge. Flowering stems are erect, up to 60 cm tall, 3-sided, smooth with swollen bases (basal bulbs). The leaves have a distinct midrib, are linear, usually shorter than the flowering stem, up to 7 mm wide and emerge from a sheath around the shoot base. The inflorescence is a terminal, open umbel subtended by several leafy bracts. Several unequal rays, 2-6 cm long, support 3-8 reddish-brown to purplish-brown, flattened spikelets, 1-2 cm long and 2 mm wide, each with up to 30 glumes, 3.5-4 mm long. Roots are fibrous. Rhizomes are wiry, dark and persistent, connecting a network of daughter shoots and tubers. The tubers are dark brown to black, irregularly shaped and 1-2 cm long when fully grown. Each tuber has an apical bud and several lateral buds. The fruit (often, but erroneously, known as the seed) is a 3-angled achene, 1.5 mm long, dark brown or black. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Stomach problems, treating fevers, digestive system disorders, dysmenorrhea and other maladies. anti-microbial, anti-malarial, anti-oxidant, and anti-diabetic; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | alpha-cyperone beta-selinene cyperene patchoulenone sugeonol kobusone isokobusone rotundone |
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| Reference : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Abeynayake Pemadasa, Jansz Manori, Rajoria Kshpira and Singh Sarvesh Kumar; "Role of Rajayapana basti with reference to Duchenne muscular Dystrophy: A review"; Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm. (2016); 7(4): 7-10 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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