MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS089 : Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 428 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Labiatae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Bengal Pogostemon • Manipuri: Lamgi thoiding • Marathi: Pangli • Bengali: Jui-lata • Oriya: Pokasunga • Nepali: Rudhilo | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Mentha integra Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. Origanum benghalense Burm.f. Origanum indicum Roth. Pogostemon frutescens J.Graham. Pogostemon indicus (Roth) Kuntze. Pogostemon purpuricaulis Dalzell. |
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| Description : | Scandent herbs; stem terete, villous. Leaves to 6 x 2 cm, lanceolate, acute, rounded at base, crenulate, densely glandular villous. Spike 7 x 1 cm, cylindrical, terminal; bracts ovate, bracteoles lanceolate. Flowers many, densely packed; calyx 1.5 mm long; lobes 5, equal; corolla 3 mm long; lobes 4, equal, obtuse, hairy; stamens 4, filaments bearded, anthers 1-celled; ovary glabrous, style slender, stigma 2-lobed. Nutlets glabrous, smooth, brown. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Whole part and shoot are used in wound. eaves are also useful in the treatment of kidney stone. The oil is used in aromatherapy to treat skin complaints. Leaves are used in fever. Used for several treatment as stomach disorders like Diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion, etc. and as a recipe for women as post parturition treatment, weakness and lactation. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | trans-caryophyllene germacrene B d-cadiuene b-ocimene c-elemene caryophyllene oxide curzerene alpha-humulene a-guaiene germacrene cadinene isomer elemol bulnesene germacrene D alpha-pinene camphene methyl heptanone linalool linalyl acetate citronella geranyl acetate delta-3-carene geraniol limonene p-cymene limonene alpha-phellandrene beta-caryophyllene gamma-cadinene beta-bisabalol alpha-elemene |
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| Reference : | ~ Fang Liu, Nan-Xia Xuan, Song-Min Ying, Wen Li, Zhi-Hua Chen and Hua-Hao Shen; "Herbal Medicines for Asthmatic Inflammation: From Basic Researches to Clinical Applications"; Mediators of Inflammation (2016); Article ID 6943135, 12 pages PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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