MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH394 : Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 61 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Harisal | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Asparagaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Indian Squill, Indian Drimia, Ban piaz, Jangli piaz, Kanda, Kaadu bellulli, Naayiulli, Seeme nari eerulli, Shiru naarangadde, Kanthanga, Katulli, Kolkand, Saapkanda, Jangali Kanda, Asmantaka, Krimighna, Karuvulli, Chiruvenkayam, Adavitellagadda, Nakka Vulli | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter. Aletris littoralis J.Koenig ex Steud. Anthericum hyacinthoides Willd. ex Kunth. Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. Erythronium hyacinthoides Royle. Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng., pro syn. Indurgia coromandeliana (Roxb.) Speta, no basionym page. Indurgia govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta. Indurgia indica (Roxb.) Speta Indurgia wightiana (Hook.f.) Speta Ledebouria maculata Dalzell Melanthium hyacinthoides Royle Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Scilla coromandeliana Roxb. Scilla indica Roxb. Thuranthos coromandelianus (Roxb.) Speta Thuranthos govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta Thuranthos indicus (Roxb.) Speta Thuranthos wightianus (Hook.f.) Speta Thuranthos zambesiacum (Baker) Kativu Urginea amboensis Baker Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f., nom. illeg. Urginea govindappae A.Boraiah & Fathima Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Urginea salmonea Berhaut Urginea sebirii Berhaut Urginea wightiana Hook.f. Urginea zambesiaca Baker |
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| Description : | Bulbous, scapigerous herbs; bulbs tunicated, 3.5-6 x 2.5-6.5 cm, globose-conical. Leaves radical with sheathing base, 13-25 x 0.6-2.5 cm, linear, lanceolate or lorate. Scapes 17-45 cm tall, erect, purpish brown, 4-15-flowered. Flowers 0.8-1.2 cm long, c. 1 cm across, reddish green or dull green, campanulate; pedicels 2-3.5 cm long, curved, drooping; bracts 1-2 mm, deltoid. Perianth 3+3, subequal, 0.8-1 x 0.3-0.4 cm, linear-oblong, subacute, reflexed, free to the base. Stamens 6; filaments c. 3 mm long, adnate to the base of the perianth segments; anthers 1.5-2 mm long, linear, yellow, base auricled. Ovary 3.5-5 x 2-3 mm, oblong or ovoid; style obconic to narrowly elongate; stigma trilobed. Capsules 10-20 x 5-10 mm, brownish yellow. Seeds 4-10 in each cell, 4-7 x 3-4 mm, winged. Flowering: April-May. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | anti-ulcerous, antinematodal, antitumorous, anthelmintic antiarthrities and also used to cure skin diseases like warts, abscesses, boils, cardiac diseases, anti-dote to scorpion sting | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | salicylic acid coumarins quercitin kaempferol apigenin luteolin |
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| Reference : | ~ Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, SKokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, and Jacques Simpore; "Ethnobotanical Study Of Plants Used To Treat Asthma In The Maritime Region In Togo"; Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2017); 14(1): 196-212 PMID : 28480398 ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : |
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