| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 224 |
| Synonym | : | Spermacoce articularis L.f.;
Spermacoce flexuosa Lour.;
Spermacoce longicaulis R.Br. ex G.Don.;
Spermacoce ramosissima R.Br. ex Wall., nom. nud.;
Spermacoce scabra Willd.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Rubiaceae |
| Description | : | Erect-procumbent perennial herb; stem woody at base, ± rounded or sharply-obscurely quadrangular, pubescent, angles often scabridulous. Leaves 2-3 x 0.8-1.2 cm, elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse-acute, hispid above, glabrous or hispid on nerves beneath, margin flexuous or flat, with 3-5 pairs of lateral nerves; stipules densely pubescent, c. 2 mm long, bristled. Inflorescence axillary, few-flowered. Flowers sessile. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes linear-lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm long. Corolla pink, blue or whitish, campanulate-infundibuliform; tube 8-12 mm long, throat hairy; lobes elliptic, acute, hairy, c. 2 mm long. Stamens inserted at the throat of corolla-tube; anthers oblong. Ovary 2-loculed, 2 ovules in each locule; style equalling the corolla-tube, filiform; stigma. 2-lobed, papillose. Capsule 3-3.5 mm long, densely hairy at base, ovoid or ellipsoid. Seeds brown, oblong-ellipsoid with a ventral groove, 2.5-3 x 1 mm, testa minutely reticulate or granulate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In stream & river beds,fields,on open hill slopes among grasses |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Plant is used in ophthalmia, inflammation of eye and gums, blindness, earache, fever, spleen complaints, pimples, sores and dysentery. A decoction of the root is used as an alterative. Seeds are used in Diarrhea and dysentery in Khagrachari. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Beta-sitosterol; ursolic acid; d-mannitol; Seeds contain isorhamnetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Beta-sitosterol; Isorhamnetin; Ursolic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.mpbd.info/plants/borreria_articularis.php
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242308835
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231225 |
| Reference | : | ~ 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 | : Rubiales |
| Family | : Rubiaceae - Madder family |
| Genus | : Borreria |
| Species | : Borreria articularis |