MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS062 : Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 287 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Chaurakund, Rangubeli area | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | UNCOMMON | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Primulaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Wild Berry, wild tea • Assamese: awuapat, machhpora, sesu • Bengali: ramjani • Garo: samnakhatok • Hindi: kramighna phal • Kannada: gudde haragi, mandase • Khasi: dieng sohjala-tyrkai • Konkani: ataki • Kumaoni: nagapadhera • Malayalam: kiriti, kuttivizhaal • Manipuri: ar-ngeng • Marathi: ataki • Mizo: purmo-kung • Lepcha: purmo-kung • Nepali: bilaune, krimighna phal • Tamil: periya-unni | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Baeobotrys indica Roxb. Maesa elmeri Mez. Maesa elongata (A. DC.) Mez. Maesa grossedentata Mez. Maesa indica var. coriacea A. DC. Maesa indica var. perrottetiana (A. DC.) Clarke. Maesa laxa Mez. Maesa neocoriacea S.S.R. Bennet. Maesa perrottetiana A. DC. Maesa ramosii Quisumb. & Merr. |
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| Description : | Shrubs 1-3 m tall, scandent, glandular granulose, early glabrescent. Branchlets angular to obtusely ridged, pellucid punctate-lineate, striate, with dense lenticels; pith solid. Petiole slightly canaliculate, 1-1.8 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to oblong, 8-17(-21) × 5-9(-11) cm, papery, punctate-lineate, base obtuse or subrounded, margin serrate-dentate or -denticulate, teeth not callose, apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescences axillary or subterminal, racemose or paniculate, 3-5 cm, glabrescent or glandular granulose; bracteoles broadly ovate, obtuse to rounded apically. Flowers white or light yellow-green, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel 1-2 mm, glandular granulose. Calyx lobes broadly ovate, pellucid punctate, margin entire, sparsely ciliate, apex obtuse to rounded. Corolla campanulate, orange punctate-lineate; lobes broadly ovate, as long as or longer than tube, margin subundulate, apex acute. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube, included; filaments as long as or longer than anthers; anthers rounded. Pistil included. Style short; stigma lobed. Fruit globose or subglobose, ca. 3 mm in diam., with longitudinal ribs; persistent calyx lobes closed at fruit apex. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Nov. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | used in treatment of blood purification and anthelminthic ailments. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | quercetin |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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