Drosera indica L.
Drosera indica L.
Drosera indica L.
Drosera indica L.
Drosera indica L.
Drosera indica L.
MH075 : Drosera indica L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 187 |
| Synonym | : | Drosera angustifolia F.Muell.; Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Stein; Drosera hexagynia Blanco; Drosera indica f. albiflora Makino; Drosera indica var. albiflora (Makino) Makino; Drosera indica f. robusta F.M.Bailey; Drosera makinoi Masam.; Drosera metziana Gand.; Drosera minor Schumach. & Thonn.; Drosera serpens Planch. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Indian Sundew, dew plant, flycatcher, Indian sundew, sundew, gawati davbindu |
| Plant Family | : | Droseraceae |
| Description | : | Herbs with weak erect, sometimes decumbent, slightly branched, glandular-pubescent stems, usually 4.5-25 cm long. Leaves many, cauline, alternate, narrowly linear, glandular hairy, about 2.5-6.0 cm long, hardly broader than the petiole, circinate in vernation; petioles glabrous, about 1.5 cm long; stipules absent; the young leaves in the upper region of the stem erect and circinate, the mature leaves in the mid-region of the stem spreading and horizontal, the oldest leaves towards the basal region of the stem usually deflexed and supporting the weak stem in the manner of stilt-roots. Flowers mauve or pinky purple, usually over 1.5 cm across, 3-15 on axillary, terminal and leaf-opposed glandular racemes usually 5.5-10.5 cm long. Calyx segments oblong-ovate, subobtuse, entire, glandular-pubescent. Petals narrow-spathulate, obtuse. Styles 3. Capsule broadly oblong; seeds minute, ovoid, reticulate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On Chikhaldara Plateaux in marshy open habitat(probably occurring elsewhere in Melghat at higher elevations) |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | bronchial infection, whooping cough, hyperglyceamia, hypolipidaemia,
tuberculosis, spasms, microbial infections, leprosy, leishmaniasis, malaria, cancer, fertility problems, arteriosclerosis, phthisis, asthma, and acts as immunomodulator, cosmetic, aphrodisiac, chitin synthetase inhibitor, insecticide, antifeedant, abortifacient |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Plumbagin; 7-methyljuglone; Quercetin ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Quercetin; Plumbagin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- K. Jayaram and M. N. V. Prasad; "Drosera indica L. and D. burmanii Vahl., "medicinally important insectivorous plants in Andhra Pradesh – regional threats and conservation", CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 91, NO. 7, 10 OCTOBER 2006 943 to 946 |
| Reference | : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, SKokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, and Jacques Simpore; "Ethnobotanical Study Of Plants Used To Treat Asthma In The Maritime Region In Togo"; Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2017); 14(1): 196-212 PMID : 28480398 ~ K. Jayaram and M. N. V. Prasad; "Drosera indica L. and D. burmanii Vahl., medicinally important insectivorous plants in Andhra Pradesh – regional threats and conservation"; Current Science (2006); 91(7): 943-46 PMID : ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 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 | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Caryophyllales |
| Family | : Droseraceae |
| Genus | : Drosera |
| Species | : Drosera indica L. |