Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - horsegram
Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - horsegram
Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - horsegram
Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - horsegram
Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - horsegram
MC033 : Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 13 |
| Synonym | : | Dolichos biflorus L.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kurti Kalai, Dail sumi, |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Perennial or annual climbing herb, stem pubescent, hairs spreading. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 0.8-7.0 cm long, leaflets 1-3.5 cm long, 0.7-7.8 cm broad, ovate rhomboid, obovate or elliptic, (the lateral leaflets oblique), obtuse or subacute, glabrescent to pubescent, petiolule 1-2 mm long; stipules 4-8 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, 1-5-flowered fascicle; peduncle 0.1-5 cm; bracts c. 2 mm long; pedicel 1-7 mm; bracteoles c. 3 mm long. Calyx pubescent, tube 2 mm long, teeth 3-8 mm long, upper 2 united together. Vexillum 0.6-1.2 cm long, cream, yellow or greenish-yellow, often with a purple spot inside. Fruit 3-5.5 cm long, 6-8 mm broad, pubescent or glabrous, acuminate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Narnala fort |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Plant is used in tumours, skin eruptions, anal fissures, dysuria, sores and burns. Seeds are astringent to the bowels, anti-pyretic, anthelmintic, diuretic and tonic; cures asthma, bronchitis, hiccup, ozoena, strangury, piles and leucoderma. Decoction of the plant is used in Leucorrhoea and menstrual derangements, it also removes stone from the kidney and gall bladde (Yusuf et l. 2009). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: coumesterol; psoralidin; Urease; Beta-sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Beta-sitosterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Uncommon |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
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| 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 | : Macrotyloma (Wight & Arn.) Verdc. - macrotyloma |
| Species | : Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - horsegram |