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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH417 : Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Clark

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Violales
Family : Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family
Genus : Corallocarpus
Species : Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Plant Location in Melghat : Chikhaldara  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Cucurbitaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : Redfruit Creeper, akas-gaddah, akasgaddah, kadawi nai, aakhasha garuda, akashagarudagadde, akashgaruda-balli, kadamba, kollan-kova-kizhauna, kollankova, Kadavinai, kadamba, katunahi, mahamula, akashagadda, murudonda, naga donda,
 
Synonym : Aechmandra epigaea (Rottl.) Arn.
Bryonia epigaea Rottl. & Willd.
Coniandra corallina Fenzl ex Naud.
Corallocarpus corallinus (Naud.) Cogn.
Corallocarpus gracilipes Cogn.
Corallocarpus hildebrandtii Gilg
Corallocarpus palmatus Cogn.
Rhynchocarpa corallina Naud.
Rhynchocarpa epigaea (Rottl.) Naud.
Rhynchocarpa epigaeus var. gracilipes Naud.


Description : Trailing or climbing herbs. Stems Sulcate. Flowers greenish yellow. Berries dehisce by operculum. Vines. Leaves 3-5 angled, to 8 x 8 cm, pubescent, apex acute, base cordate, dentate; petiole to 3 cm. Flowers monoecious, yellow; male flowers in racemes, to 1 cm; peduncles to 5 cm, stout; corolla 2 mm across, pubescent; stamens 3, erect; female flowers solitary, 2 mm across; ovary 4 mm, oblong, beaked. Fruit 1.5 x 1 cm, ellipsoid, beaked, circumscissile at base; seeds ca. 8.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : treatment of chronic rheumatism, snake bite, asthma, dysentery and syphilitic disorders; Tubers are believed to cleanse the wounds, help deal with obesity, skin disease, tumours, cough, bronchitis;
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : 2-methylhexyl p-hydroxybenzoate

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~ Priyavardhini, S, Vasantha, K, Tresina Soris, P and Mohan, V.R.; "Efficacy of Phytochemical and Antibacterial activity of Corallocarpus epigaeus Hook.f."; Int. J. PharmTech Res. (2012); 4(1): 35-43 PMID :