MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH406 : Crotalaria albida Roth |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | - |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Chikhaldara, Semadoh road, Ghatang | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Fabaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Narrowleaf Rattlepod, Khurmana, Ban-methi, Chunchuni, Saun, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Crotalaria arenaria "sensu Zoll. & Moritzi, non Be" Crotalaria deflexa Benth. Crotalaria formosana T.Ito & Matsum. Crotalaria henricii Hochr. Crotalaria hossei Craib Crotalaria montana Roxb. Crotalaria pseudohenricii Hochr. |
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| Description : | Narrowleaf Rattlepod is an undershrub about 1-2 ft tall, with branches silky pubescent. The species name albida stems from the whitish velvety hairs. Leaf are simple, 2.5-5.5 cm long, 4.5-13 mm broad, linear- oblong or inverted-lanceshaped, blunt, apiculate, silky velvety. Leaf stalk is 2.5 mm or less. Flowers are borne in 6-20-flowered racemes, 5-13 cm long. Bract and bracteoles are linear. Flower stalk is 3-5 mm long. Sepal cup is 6-7 mm long, becoming enlarged in fruit - 3 lower teeth are linear, the upper 2 broader. Flowers are pale yellow. Vexillum is 8-9 mm long. Fruit is stalkless, 1.2-1.6 cm long, oblong-cylindric, glabrous, 6-12-seeded. Flowering: July-November. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The juice of the root is used in the treatment of indigestion. The juice of the plant is used in the treatment of bed wetting. A paste of the plant is applied topically as a treatment for warts, especially those on the sole of the feet. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | croalbinecine trichodesmic acid |
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| Reference : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
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