Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MC018 : 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
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

Diplocyclos palmatus
Diplocyclos palmatus
Diplocyclos palmatus
Diplocyclos palmatus