Enicostema hyssopifolium
Enicostema hyssopifolium
Enicostema hyssopifolium
Enicostema hyssopifolium
MH148 : Enicostema hyssopifolium (Willd.) Verdoorn
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 306 |
| Synonym | : | Enicostema axillare (Poir. ex Lam.) A.Raynal;
Enicostema verticillare (Retz.) Baill.; Exacum hyssopifolium Willd.; Hippion hyssopifolium (Willd.) Spreng.; Hippion orientale (Griseb.) Dalzell & Gibson; Hippion verticillatum var. hyssopifolium (Willd.) Kuntze; Hippion verticillatum var. maritimum (Dalzell) Kuntze; Slevogtia maritima Dalzell; Slevogtia orientalis Griseb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Indian Whitehead, Chota chirayata, katvinayi, Naame, Nahli, Nawari, |
| Plant Family | : | Gentianaceae |
| Description | : | a perennial herb growing up to 40 cm tall, with 4-angled stems. Leaves are narrow-oblong, lanceshaped. STalkless white flowers are borne in dense clusters in leaf axils. This species is globally distributed in West Indies, tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka. It is found almost throughout India upto an altitude of about 450 m., from Punjab and the Gangetic plains southwards, most commonly in coastal areas. costal areas. Flowering: June-January. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On dry hill slopes among grasses |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is used in folk medicine to treat diabetes mellitus, rheumatisum, abdominal ulcers, hernia, swelling, itching and insect poisoning. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Apigenin; Genkwanin; Saponarin; Isovitexin; Swertisin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Apigenin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Whitehead.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Sebua Silas Semenya and Alfred Maroyi; "Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa"; Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2018); Article ID 2183705, 33 pages 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 | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Gentianaceae - Gentian family |
| Genus | : Enicostema Blume - whitehead |
| Species | : Enicostema hyssopifolium |