MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH419 : Pimpinella heyneana (DC.) Benth. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | - |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Ghatang | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Umbelliferae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | - | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Helosciadium heyneanum Wll. ex DC. Pimpinella multiradiata Sant. Anethum trifoliatum Roxb. Apium trifoliatum Wight & Arn. Carum heyneanum (Wall.) Franch. Pimpinella heyneana (DC.) Benth. (Unresolved) Sium triternatum Moon |
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| Description : | Herbs, 90 cm tall. 3-foliolate leaves, lateral ternate. Flowers didymous. Fruits glabrous. Erect or decumbent herbs, stem terete. Leaves alternate, 5-7 cm across, lower leaves orbicular, upper ones 3-lobed, base cordate, toothed; petiole 1-6 cm long, sheathing at base. Umbels terminal, panicled; rays 10; secondary rays many, each 3 cm long. Flowers 9-16 in an umbellule, 1.5 mm across, white; pedicels 5 mm long; calyx shortly 5-toothed; petals 5, 1 mm long, orbicular; stamens 5. Fruit 3 x 2 mm, ovate, densely villous, rugose. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | ALL TYPES OF PAINS: One spoon of root paste is administered with water. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| 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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