MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH401 : Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Sukalihenda | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Hydroleaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Ceylon Hydrolea, Koliary, Charang, Popti, Keriti, Vellel, Cheruvallel, Isa-langulia, Kasschra, Kerit | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Beloanthera oppositifolia Hassk. Hydrolea arayatensis Blanco. Hydrolea inermis Lour. Hydrolea javanica Bl. Hydrolea prostrata Exell. Hydrolea sansibarica Gilg. Hydrolea zeylanica var. ciliata Choisy Nama zeylanica L. Reichelia palustris Blanco. Steris aquatica Burm. fil. Steris javanica L. |
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| Description : | Annual herbs, suberect, rooting at nodes. Leaves alternate, 4-7 x 1.5 cm, elliptic or lanceolate, apex acute, base cuneate, membranous, young parts partly hirsute. Racemes axillary and terminal, pedicels to 0.5 cm; calyx lobes 6 x 1.5 mm, lanceolate, glandular, acute; corolla lobes 6.5 mm, ovate, obtuse, deep blue; stamens 5, filaments basally dialated; ovary 2.5 mm, oblong, many ovuled, sparsely hispid, styles 2, 3 mm, stigma globose. Capsule 5 x 2 mm, ovoid. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The leaves, beaten into pulp and applied as a poultice, are considered to have a cleansing and healing effect on neglected and callous ulcers. They parently possess some anti-septic property. Leaves and twigs used for diabetes. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | kaempferol quercetin Hexadecanoic acid |
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| Reference : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Dhole PA; "Further additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) Maharashtra, India"; Int. J. of Life Science (2014); 2(2): 185-186 PMID : |
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