Getonia floribunda Roxb.
MC071 : Getonia floribunda Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Calycopteris floribunda (Roxb.) Lam.;
Buckleya joan Makino;
Calycopteris coccineum Lam.;
Calycopteris nutans (Roxb.) Kurz;
Calycopteris nutans var. glabriuscula Kurz;
Calycopteris nutans var. roxburghii Kurz;
Combretum sericeum Wall. ex C. B. Clarke;
Getonia nitida Roth;
Getonia nutans Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Paper Flower Climber • Bengali: Gaichho lata • Hindi: Kokoray • Kannada: enjarigekubsa, marasadaboli • Konkani: uski • Malayalam: pullani, pullanji • Marathi: jhaal, Ukshi • Oriya: dhonoti • Sanskrit: shvetadhataki, susavi • Tamil: pullanti valli • Telugu: murugudutige |
| Plant Family | : | Combretaceae |
| Description | : | Lianas to 10 m or more tall. Branchlets densely pilose. Petiole 8-12 mm, densely pilose; leaf blade green adaxially, 5-15 × 3-7 cm, leathery, abaxially densely dark scaly and pilose, adaxially glabrescent but persistently pilose on midvein and lateral veins; lateral veins in 5-8(-10) pairs. Panicles to 30 cm or more; peduncle and rachis densely pilose; bracts 2-3 mm, densely pilose. Calyx tube 7-10 mm at anthesis, abaxially densely pilose; lobes 2-3.5 mm at anthesis, both surfaces densely pilose. Filaments 2-3 mm. Fruit 18-23 mm including calyx lobes, densely pilose; persistent calyx lobes 10-14 mm, longitudinally 3-veined with reticulate veins between, both surfaces pilose, especially on veins, or glabrescent, abaxially sparsely dark scaly. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jun. 2n = 26. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are bitter, astringent, laxative, anthelmintic, depurative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. They are useful in intestinal worms, colic, leprosy, malarial fever, dysentery, ulcers and vomiting. The fruits are useful in jaundice, ulcers, pruritus and skin diseases. |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosids |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Combretaceae - Rangoon creeper family |
| Genus | : Getonia |
| Species | : Getonia floribunda Roxb. |