Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 215 |
Synonym | : | Glinus cambessedesii Fenzl.;
Glinus cambessedesii var. nudiusculus Fenzl.;
Glinus cambessedesii var. villosus Fenzl.;
Glinus denticulatus (Guill. & Perr.) Fenzl.;
Glinus mollugo Fenzl.;
Glinus oppositifolius var. parviflorus Hauman.;
Glinus spergula (L.) Steud.;
Glinus spergula var. rotundifolia (Ewart & A.H.K.Petrie) Ewart & P.H.Jarrett
Mollugo spergula L.;
Pharnaceum spergula (L.) Dillwyn.; |
Plant Common Name | : | bitter cumin, bitter leaf, Indian chickweed, jima, jharasi, kadvi bhaji, kapitthapatra, parpata, ushnasundara |
Plant Family | : | Molluginaceae |
Description | : | Diffuse or prostrate, glabrous herbs. Leaves in whorls of 3-5, unequal, 7-20 x 3-8 mm, obovate-spathulate, base attenuate, apex obtuse or acute, sub-succulent, subsessile. Flowers in axillary, 5-8-flowered fascicles; pedicel to 1.5 cm. Tepals 5, 5-6 x 2-3 mm, oblong, with green central stripe, broad thin hyaline margins, apex obtuse or acute, spreading at anthesis, closing again around fruit. Stamens 5, often alternating with linear, bifid staminodes; anthers oblong. Ovary ellipsoid , 3-celled; ovules many; styles 3, recurved; stigmas capitate. Capsule c. 3 mm long, oblong, loculicidal, enclosed in erect calyx. Seeds ovoid, curved, tubercled, dark reddish brown, with a pair of unequal white hilar appendages. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | In stream and river beds, drying ponds, moist fields |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Treating abdominal pain; jaundice; malaria; wound healing; joint pains, inflammations, Diarrhea, intestinal parasites, fever, boils, skin disorders, immunomodulating effects, chronic
and recurrent infections, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis; The plant is said to promote digestion and salivation. It is used as a treatment for bowel complaints and syphilitic affections. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: chemotaxis; Oppositifolone; squalene; spinasterol; oleanolic acid; phytol; spergulagenin A; vitexin; vicenin-2; benzoic acid; 4-hydroxybenzoic acid; 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde; 4-hydroxy-acetophenone; methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate; anisic acid; vanillin; cinnamic acid; trans-ferulic acid; Kaempferol 3-O-galacto pyranoside; Spergulacin; spergulacin-A; glinoside C; spergulin A; spergulin B; spergulagenin-A;
spergulagenin-B; spergulagenin-C; spergulagenin-D; linoside A; glinoside B; squalene; oppositifolone; lutein; Spinasterol; Beta-sitosterol; Stigmasterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (10): Beta-sitosterol; Kaempferol; Oleanolic Acid; Stigmasterol; Squalene; Squalene; Cinnamic acid; Ferulic acid; Lutein; Spinasterol; |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229860
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Glinus+oppositifolius
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357964/
- https://www.arjournals.org/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2164/1096 |
Reference | : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Caryophyllidae |
Order | : Caryophyllales |
Family | : Molluginaceae - Carpet-weed family |
Genus | : Glinus L. - sweetjuice |
Species | : Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC. |