Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Wight
MH016 : Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Wight
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 28 |
| Synonym | : | Hibiscus ficulneus Linn.;
Hibiscus sinuatus Cay.;
Laguna aculeata Cav.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ran Bhendi, Jangli Bhendi |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae |
| Description | : | Undershrub, 0.5-1.5 m tall. Stem usually simple, and short hairy, sometimes prickly, usually thick and fistular. Leaves 2-15 cm long and broad, orbicular, cordate at base, serrate, scabrous on both sides, 3-5-parted, lobes obovate to spathulate; stipules 5-12 mm long, linear or filiform, hirsute; petiole 2-20 cm long, simple hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary or in terminal racemes by the reduction of leaves; pedicel 1-1.5 cm long, in fruit up to 3.5 cm, densely simple hairy, glabrescent. Epicalyx segments 5-6, lanceolate, rough, caducous before expansion of corolla. Calyx c. 1.5 cm long. Corolla c. 3 cm across, white, becoming pink, with a dark purple spot in the centre; petals obovate, 2-3 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm broad. Staminal tube c. 1.5 cm long, glabrous. Capsule 3-3.5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm across, 5 angular, ovoid, simple, hairy, glabrescent, valves membranous. Seeds c. 3 mm across, globular, black, glabrous to stellate pilose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On bunds of fields and hill slopes |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Diarrhea, decoction of the crushed fresh root is taken to treat calcium deficiency |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Palmitic acid, Oleic acid, Linoleic acid, malvalic acid and sterculic acid ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250071334 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Malvales |
| Family | : Malvaceae |
| Genus | : Abelmoschus |
| Species | : Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Wight |