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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS100 : Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 33  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Gentianales
Family : Apocynaceae
Genus : Ichnocarpus
Species : Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Plant Location in Melghat : Harisal  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare  
Plant Family : Apocynaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Black Creeper • Hindi: Kalidudhi, Shyamalata • Marathi: Dudhbel, Krishna-sarwa, Kante-bhouri • Tamil: paravalli, udargodi, udarkkoti • Malayalam: nannari, naruninti, palvalli • Telugu: illukkatti, karampala, muntagajjanamu • Kannada: gorwiballi, gouriballi, kappunamadaberu • Oriya: bhotinoi • Assamese: dudhkuri lota • Sanskrit: Ananta, bhadra, Chandanagopa • Nepali: Dudhe lahara
 
Synonym : Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton.
Aganosma affinis (Roem. & Schult.)G.Don
Apocynum crassifolium Salisb.
Apocynum frutescens L.
Beluttakaka malabarica (Lam.)Kuntze.
Carruthersia daronensis Elmer.
Chonemorpha bantamensis G.Don.
Chonemorpha malabarica (Lam.) G.Don.
Echites affinis Roem. & Schult.
Echites bantamensis Bl.
Echites caryophyllatus Roth.
Echites caudatus Blanco.
Echites ferrugineus Thunb.
Echites frutescens (L.) Roxb.
Echites malabaricus Lam.
Echites trichonema Zipp. ex Span.
Gardenia sinensis Lour. ex B.A.Gomes.
Gardenia volubilis Lour.
Ichnocarpus affinis (Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum.
Ichnocarpus bantamensis (Bl.) Miq.
Ichnocarpus dasycalyx Miq.
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. leptodictyus (F.Muell.) Domin.
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. ovatifolius (A.DC.) Deb.
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. parvifolia Hook.f.
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. pubescens Kurz.
Ichnocarpus leptodictyus F.Muell.
Ichnocarpus microcalyx Pitard.
Ichnocarpus moluccanus Miq.
Ichnocarpus navesii Rolfe.
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Ichnocarpus oxypetalus Pitard.
Ichnocarpus sogerensis Wernham ex S. Moore.
Ichnocarpus volubilis (Lour.) Merr.
Micrechites sinensis Markgr.
Quirivelia bantamensis (Bl.) F.N.Williams.
Quirivelia frutescens (L.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida.
Quirivelia zeylanica Poir.
Springia indica Heurck & Müll. Arg.
Tabernaemontana parviflora Poir.
Thyrsanthus parviflorus (Poir.) Miers.
Description : Lianas to 10 m. Branchlets pubescent when young, soon glabrous. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade 5-11 X 2.5-4.5 cm, pubescent or glabrous abaxially; lateral veins 5-7 pairs. Inflorescences many flowered, 3-8 cm, most flowers in pedunculate heads. Calyx densely pubescent. Corolla tube ca. 2.5 mm; lobes narrowly oblong, ca. 5 mm. Anthers elliptic; disc lobes free, linear, longer than ovary. Ovaries pubescent. Follicles cylindric, 8-15 cm X 4-5 mm, slightly torulose, pubescent. Seeds linear, coma ca. 2.5 cm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Aug-Dec. 2n = 20.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : use as in atrophy, bleeding gums, convulsions, cough, delirium, dysentery, glossitis, heamaturia, measles; anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant and antitumor spectrum of activity.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : lupeol acetate
friedelin
friedelinol
oleanolic acid
nonane
5-hydroxyoctacosan-25-one
dotriacontanoic acid
sitosterol
sitosterol palmitate
alpha-amyrin
lupeol
epi-friedelinol
beta-sitosterol
n-butyl oleate
n-octyl tetracontane
tetratriacontadiene n-nonadecanyl benzoate
benzocosanyl arachidate
apigenin
luteolin
vitexin
isovitexin
proanthocyanidin
vanillic
syringic acid
synapic acid
protocatechuic acid
kaemferol
kaemferol-3-galactoside
mannitol
Vanillic acid
Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :