Merremia gangetica
MC044 : Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufod.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 335 |
| Synonym | : | Merremia emarginata;
Convolvulus reniformis;
Ipomoea reniformis;
Merremia emarginata (Burm. f.) Hallier f. ;
Evolvulus emarginatus Burm. f. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bopli, Undirkani, Kidney Leaf Morning Glory, Musakani; Undirkani; Elikkadhu-keerai; Elikajemudu |
| Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
| Description | : | This is slender, prostates, creeping, smooth or somewhat hairy herb. The stems root at the nodes and are 10-80 cm in length. the leaves are small, kidney-shaped to somewhat heart-shaped, 6-15 mm long, often wider than long and irregularly toothed. One to three flowers occurs on shot stalks in the axils of the leaves. The sepals arerounded and about 4 mm long, with few to many white, weak hairs. the corolla is yellow and nearly twice as long as the calyx. the capsules is rounded and about 5 mm in diameter. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Anti-diuretic, rheumatism and neuralgia. In the Philippines the decocted leaves and tops are sometimes employed as a diuretic. In India, the leaves are useful as a diuretic and an alterative and used in rheumatism and neuralgia. Leaf juice is given for migraine and as an ear drop to relieve abscesses and ulcers. Root is used to treat diseases of eyes and gums (Rajasab and Isaq 2004). The plant was therapeutically used as deobstruent, diuretic, for cough, headache, neuralgia and rheumatism (Chatterjee and Prakashi 1995). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family |
| Genus | : Merremia Dennst. ex. Endl. - woodrose |
| Species | : Merremia gangetica |