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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH418 : Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Apiales
Family : Apiaceae / Umbelliferae - Carrot family
Genus : Cyclospermum Lag. - marsh parsley
Species : Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprangue ex Britton & Wilson
Plant Location in Melghat : Chikhaldara  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Apiaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : Fir-leaved Celery
 
Synonym : Aethusa leptophylla (Pers.) Spreng.
Anethum pinnatum Ruiz & Pav. ex Urb.
Apium ammi Urb.
Apium ammi f. filamentosum (Kuntze) H. Wolff.
Apium ammi f. nanum Kuntze.
Apium ammi f. pedunculata Chodat.
Apium ammi var. leptophyllum (Pers.) Chodat & Wilczek.
Apium andinum H. Wolff.
Apium depressum M.E. Jones.
Apium laciniatum f. elatius (Hook. & Arn.) H. Wolff.
Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell. ex Benth.
Apium ranunculifolium (DC.) Gay.
Apium wolffianum M. Hiroe.
Helosciadium laciniatum var. elatius Hook. & Arn.
Helosciadium lateriflorum Hook. & Arn.
Helosciadium leptophyllum (Pers.) DC.
Helosciadium ranunculifolium Presl ex DC.
Oreosciadium andinum Rusby.
Pimpinella capillacea Poit. ex Urb.
Pimpinella domingensis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
Pimpinella leptophylla Pers.
Ptychotis leptophylla (Pers.) Penzig.
Selinum leptophyllum (Pers.) Krause.
Sison ranunculifolium Presl ex DC.


Description : Plants 25–45 cm. Basal petioles 2–5(–11) cm; blade ob- long to oblong-ovate, 2–10 × 2–8 cm; ultimate segments linear to filiform. Cauline leaves ternate-pinnately decompound; ultimate segments 10–15 mm. Umbels 1.5–2.5 cm across; rays 2–3(–5), 1–2 cm; umbellules 5–23-flowered; pedicels 0.2–4 mm, unequal, the central flower often almost sessile. Fruit globose 1.5–2 × 1–2 mm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jun–Jul.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : thymohydroquinone dimethyl ether
thymol methyl ether
p-cymene
carvacrol methyl ether
beta-pinene
germacrene D
cumin aldehyde
alpha-humulene
beta-myrcene
sabinene
limonene
beta-phellandrene
caryophyllene oxide
alpha-pinene
alpha-thujene

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 :