MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS076 : Barleria cristata L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 376 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Acanthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Koranti, Katakolsa, Philippine Violet, bluebell barleria, crested Philippine violet, crested purple nail dye • Bengali: jhinti • Gujarati: jhinti • Hindi: jhinti, nil jhinti, tadrelu • Kannada: jhinte, kuruvaka, mullugoranta, sairiyaka • Malayalam: karimkurunni • Marathi: gokarna, koranti • Nepali: bhende kurro, katsaraiya • Oriya: saireyaka • Sanskrit: artagalah, bana, dasi kurantakah, jhinti, kakubha, kurantakah, kuravakah, mahasaha, nilamlaainduka, sairiyakah, sahacharah, subhaga • Tamil: cem-mulli, mituri, nila-c-cemmulli, uta mulli, vellai-nilamparam • Telugu: gobbi, kodi kannu, mulu goranta, niru goranta, pedda gorinta • Nepali: Bhede Kurro, Katasaraiyaa, Laaree Phool, Nilamani | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Barleria alba Lodd. Barleria caerulea Herb. Lamb. ex Nees. Barleria cavaleriei H. Lév. Barleria chegosa Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Barleria ciliata Roxb. Barleria cristata dichotoma (Roxb.) Prain. Barleria dichotoma Roxb. Barleria indica L. ex T. Anders. Barleria laciniata Wall. Barleria lactea Desf. ex Steud. Barleria napalensis Nees. Barleria nuda Nees. Barleria prinoides Hort. Monsp. ex Nees. Barleria venulosa Nees. Lepidagathis laciniata Wall. ex Nees. Ruellia ciliata Wall. ex Nees. |
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| Description : | Subshrubs to 2 m tall. Stems terete, branched, covered with soft trichomes. Petiole (0-)0.3-1 cm; leaf blade elliptic to oblong to ovate, 2-10 × 1-4 cm, both surfaces villous especially along veins, secondary veins 4-7 on each side of midvein, base cuneate and decurrent onto petiole, apex acute to sometimes acuminate. Inflorescences axillary short and dense cymes, shortly pedunculate; bracts absent; bracteoles variable, linear to linear-lanceolate, 2.4-6.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm, 3-7-veined, base cuneate, margin usually spiny but sometimes bristly pilose and becoming spinescent with age, apex acuminate. Outer calyx lobes ovate to narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 1.2-2.5 × 0.5-1.3 cm, pilose, reticulately veined, margin spiny, apex mucronate; inner calyx lobes linear to lanceolate, 6-12 mm, 1-veined, margin scarious. Corolla purplish blue, 4.5-6.5 cm, outside pilose; tube basally narrowly cylindric then gradually widened; lobes oblong-elliptic, ca. 1.5 cm, equal. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments pilose especially toward base; staminode 1, filament sparsely pilose. Ovary oblong-ellipsoid, glabrous; style linear, ca. 2.5 cm, glabrous; stigma slightly inflated. Capsule 1.2-1.8 cm, glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds subglobose to ovoid, 4-5 × ca. 4 mm. Fl. May, Aug-Dec, fr. May, Oct. 2n = 40. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The bitter juice of the leaves or roots is anti-bacterial, diaphoretic and expectorant. It is used in the treatment of serious catarrhal infections. An infusion of the roots and leaves is applied to boils and sores to reduce swellings. The seeds are used as an anti-dote for snake bites. Tests have shown that a methanol extract of the leaves possesses significant anti-inflammatory activity. It allegedly acts as a tonic, diuretic and blood purifier. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | P-coumaric acid alpha–tocopherol luetoline 7-methoxy luetoline barlerin schanshiside methyl ester apigenin quercetin naringenin apigenin glucuronide |
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| Reference : | ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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