MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS004 : Tamarix ericoides Rottler & Willd. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 26 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In beds of Dolar, Khapra and other rivers | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Tamaricaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Sarata, erica tamarisk • Gujarati: gajri • Hindi: jhau • Kannada: hole basale • Marathi: jhau, kadsherni, sarat • Oriya: jagula • Sanskrit: jhavuka • Tamil: arru-c-cavukku | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Myricaria vaginata. Tamarix ericoides Rottl. Tamarix mucronata. Tamarix tenacissima Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Trichaurus ericoides (Rottler & Willd.) Arn. ex Wight & Arn. Trichurus ericoides. |
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| Description : | Tall shrub with blackish bark, 2-4 m, glabrous to subglabrous, somewhat papillose. Leaves vaginate in the lower part, subamplexicaul in the upper part, ovate, lanceolate, accumintate, 3-7 mm long with punctate salt glands. Racemes vernal and aestival both, simple 5-15 (-20) cm long, 8-10 mm broad. Bracts 2.25-3 mm long, c.2 mm broad, subamplexicaul, acute to acuminate, triangular, somewhat denticulate at the margins. Pedicel 2 mm long, flowers 6 mm across, pale rose pink. Calyx 5-lobed, sepals 2-2.5 mm long, ovate minutely and irregularly denticulate at the margin, the outer 2 more acute than the inner three. Petals, 5, free, elliptic to obovate 4-5 (-6) mm long, c. 4 mm broad, very finely and irregularly denticulate at the margin. Stamens 10, alternating with sepals and petals, the antipetalous stamens somewhat shorter than antisepalous stamens, 34 mm long. Disc cupshaped, fleshy, forming somewhat membranous torus. Ovary ovte, c. 1 mm long, capsule 1.25 cm long, c. 4 mm broad. Fl. Per.: September. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The plant is known for its medicinal properties and used for diabetes, paralysis, antidermatosis, stem powder with honey is taken for stomach disorder while decoction of root is given in painful urination. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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