Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - shoofly
Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - shoofly
Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - shoofly
Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - shoofly
Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - shoofly
MS048 : Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 170 |
| Synonym | : | Biancaea scandens Tod.;
Biancaea sepiaria (Roxb.)Tod.;
Caesalpinia benguetensis Elmer.;
Caesalpinia crista Auct. non L.;
Caesalpinia decapetala var. japonica (Siebold & Zucc.)H.Ohashi.;
Caesalpinia ferox Hassk.;
Caesalpinia japonica Siebold & Zucc.;
Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb.;
Caesalpinia sepiaria var. auricoma Trimen.;
Caesalpinia sepiaria var. japonica (Siebold & Zucc.)Gagnep.;
Mezoneuron benguetense (Elmer)Elmer.;
Reichardia decapetala Roth.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chillari,K-Khailaia, Mysore Thorn, Cat's claw, Mauritius thorn • Hindi: Ralan, Arlu, Kingan, Alai • Marathi: Chilar • Telugu: Gaddakorinda • Kannada: Gajalige, hotasige, Hunnula, Kurudu gejjuga |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | a robust and sprawling shrub or climber 0.5-10 m tall, with numerous straight to hooked thorns on the stems. Bipinnately compound leaves are dark green above, paler beneath, up to 30 cm long, with deciduous stipules 8-20 mm long. The leaf rachis is armed with downwardly hooked prickles. Each leaf consists of 3-15 pairs of pinnae, each pinna having 5-12 pairs of leaflets, elliptic-oblong to ovate, rounded at the apex, 10-22 mm long, 4-11 mm wide. Flowers are pale yellow, 25-30 mm diameter, borne in axillary and terminal racemes 10-40 cm long, petals 10-15 cm long and 8-15 mm wide. Fruits are dehiscent pods 6-11 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, containing 4-9 black ellipsoid, flattened, black seeds 8-12 mm long and 6-8 mm wide. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On Plateaux and in ravines around Chikhaldara |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Anthelmintic, antiperiodic, astringent, febrifuge. The leaves are emmenagogue and laxative. They are applied externally to burns. The root is purgative. Anti-cancer (Ogunwande et al., 2010)
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| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Roots: furanoditerpenoids;
3alpha-hydroxyphanginin H;
3beta-acetoxyphanginin H;
7alpha-acetoxyphanginin H;
7beta-hydroxyphanginin H;
4-epi-3alpha-hydroxycaesalpinilinn;
4-epi-3beta-acetoxycaesalpinilinn;
20-acetoxytaepeenin D; tomocin E;
spathulenol;
4,5-epoxy-8(14)-caryophyllene; squalene; Lupeol; trans-resveratrol; Quercetin; astragalin; stigmasterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (8): Lupeol; Quercetin; Caryophyllene; Spathulenol; Stigmasterol; Squalene; Resveratrol; Squalene; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mysore%20Thorn.html
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/10733
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Biancaea+decapetala&redir=Caesalpinia+decapetala
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228980
- https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=127210 |
| Reference | : | ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ 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 | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Caesalpinia L. - nicker |
| Species | : Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - shoofly |