Diplocyclos palmatus
Diplocyclos palmatus
Diplocyclos palmatus
Diplocyclos palmatus
Plant Category | : | Climbers |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 209 |
Synonym | : | Bryonia palmata L.; Bryonopsis laciniosa var. walkeri Chakrav.; Ilocania pedata Merr.); |
Plant Common Name | : | Shivilingi, Kavdoli |
Plant Family | : | Cucurbitaceae |
Description | : | Stem glabrous, becoming thickened and white dotted on the ridges when older. Leaves broadly ovate, 3.5-14 x 4-14.5 cm, lobes linear-lanceolate to elliptic, glabrous; petiole 1.5-9.0 cm long. Flowers small, white or yellowish, male in sessile clusters of 2-8, along with 5 female flowers in the same axil. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long in male, 1.5-2.5 mm long in female, lobes smaller than tube. Corolla of male larger than female. Ovary ellipsoid, c. 5 mm long, c. 2.5 mm broad, with longitudinal white stripes. Fruit solitary, or in clusters of 2-5, ovoid-subglobose, 1.5-2.5 cm. Seeds 5-6 x 2.5-3 mm. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | On bushes and hedge borders of fields |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | In Kenya the roots are used as an antivenin and fruits and leaves to cure stomach-ache. In Thailand stems are used as an expectorant and fruits as a laxative, and in Nepal seeds as a febrifuge. The roots are used as an antivenom. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Catechin; Hydroxybenzoic acid; Chlorogenic acid; Gallic acid; Vanillic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Catechin; Chlorogenic acid; Gallic Acid; |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Jeffrey, C., 1995. Cucurbitaceae. In: Edwards, S., Mesfin Tadesse & Hedberg, I. (Editors). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Volume 2, part 2. Canellaceae to Euphorbiaceae. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. pp. 17–59. |
Reference | : |
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 | : |
Order | : Cucurbitales |
Family | : Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family |
Genus | : Diplocyclos |
Species | : Diplocyclos palmatus |