Clematis heynei M.A. Rau
Clematis heynei M.A. Rau
MC067 : Clematis heynei M.A. Rau
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Clematis comosa DC.;
Clematis heynei M. Johnson;
Clematis triloba B.Heyne ex Roth; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Deccan Clematis • Hindi: Murhar • Marathi: Morvel, Ranjaee • Kannada: Merhari • Sanskrit: Laghuparnika |
| Plant Family | : | Ranunculaceae |
| Description | : | an annual climber, 1-3 m long, found mainly in the Deccan region of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Stems are velvet hairy. Leaves are either simple or trifoliate, 3-5 cm, ovate. The leaf margin is either entire, or 3-7 lobed. Most commonly seen leaves are 3-lobed. Leaf stalks are slender, 2-8 cm, twinning. Fragrant white flowers, 2-4 cm across, occur in panicles in leaf axils. Clematis have no real petals. What appear to be petals are, in reality, sepals. Deccan Clematis flowers have 4-6 white sepals, 1-2 cm long, oblong. Many stamens arise from the center, about a cm long. Stamens are shorter than the sepals, unlike Clematis gauriana. Flowering: September-December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaf juice applied for skin diseases. Flower juice used as cosmetic and applied
externally for acne, black heads and black spots. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Ranunculales |
| Family | : Ranunculaceae |
| Genus | : Clematis |
| Species | : Clematis heynei M.A. Rau |