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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS086 : Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 412  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family
Genus : Anisomeles
Species : Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze
Plant Location in Melghat : More frequent in Raipur, Jarida ranges  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Labiatae  
 
Plant Common Name : Indian Catmint, Malabar catmint • Hindi: Kala bhangra, Gobara • Manipuri: Thoiding angouba • Marathi: Gopali • Malayalam: Chedayan • Telugu: adabeera • Kannada: Mangamari soppu • Bengali: gobura, gopali, apang • Konkani: Gopali • Nepali: Raato Chaarapaate
 
Synonym : Ajuga disticha (L.) Roxb.
Ajuga glabrata Benth. ex Wall., nom. nud.
Ajuga mollissima Wall. ex Steud.
Anisomeles albiflora (Hassk.) Miq.
Anisomeles disticha (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth.
Anisomeles glabrata Benth. ex Wall., nom. nud.
Anisomeles malabarica var. albiflora Hassk.
Anisomeles mollissima Wall., nom. nud.
Anisomeles ovata W.T.Aiton, nom. superfl.
Anisomeles secunda Kuntze, nom. illeg.
Anisomeles tonkinensis Gand.
Ballota disticha L.
Ballota mauritiana Pers.
Epimeredi indicus (L.) Rothm.
Epimeredi secundus Rothm.
Marrubium indicum (L.) Burm.f.
Monarda zeylanica Burm.f.
Nepeta amboinica L.f.
Nepeta disticha (L.) Blume.
Nepeta indica L.
Phlomis alba Blanco, nom. illeg.
Description : Erect, aromatic woody herbs, 1-1.5 m high, stem 4-angled, grooved on opposite sides, densely pubescent. Leaves 3-7 x 2.5-4.5 cm, broadly ovate to obovate, base turncate, margin coarsely serrate-crenate, apex acute, tomentose on both sides; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers in axillary sessile clusters or in terminal interrupted spikes. Calyx campanulate; tube 4-5 mm long; lobes 5. c. 2 mm long, ovate, ciliate on margin. Corolla pale pink, 1-1.4 cm long, 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted; filaments hairy; anthers of upper pair 2-celled, of lower 1-celled. Ovary 4-partite; style slender; stigma 2-fid; disc subentire. Nutlets 4, lenticular, reddish-brown.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The whole plant is used, but especially the leaves and the roots. It is a powerful astringent, carminative, febrifuge and tonic. The plant is used in the treatment of rheumatism, colds, fevers, abdominal pain, skin sores, and snake bites. A decoction of the leaves is used as an antirheumatic and stomachic, and also to treat uterine infections, kidney gravel, swellings and hypertension. The juice of the leaves is given to children for colic, dyspepsia and fever caused by teething. Inhaling the vapour of the hot infusion induces copious perspiration. The essential oil distilled from the leaves is applied externally as an embrocation in rheumatic arthritis.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : ovatodiolide
beta-sitosterol
stigmasterol
flavones
apigenin
pedalitin
acteoside
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :