Exacum pedunculatum
Exacum pedunculatum
Exacum pedunculatum
MH149 : Exacum pedunculatum L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 307 |
| Synonym | : | Exacum carinatum Roxb.;
Exacum dichotomum Herb. Madr. ex Wall.;
Exacum pedunculare Arn.;
Exacum punctatum L. fil.;
Exacum rivulare Edgew.;
Exacum stellatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.;
Exacum sulcatum Roxb.;
Exacum tricolor Zoll. & Mor.;
Pladera decussata Wall.;
Sebaea carinata (Roxb.) Spreng.;
Sebaea sulcata (Roxb.) Spreng.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Stalked Persian Violet, Dodda chiraayatha, Kanap-puntu, Kanap-pundu, Kana poondu |
| Plant Family | : | Gentianaceae |
| Description | : | Annual with a shallow, fibrous rootstock; stem erect, to 30 cm high, sharply 4-angular, occasionally ribbed at angles, branched in the upper half, the branches usually obliquely erect. Leaves broadly ovate, 1.6-5.8 x 1.2-3.4 cm, cuneate or truncate and 5-nerved at base, subacute to obtuse; petioles 0.3-1.8 cm long. Cymes terminal, occasionally axillary. Pedicels 4-20 mm long, slightly curved. Cayx tube to 3 mm long; lobes 4, lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, very acute; wings in fruit semicordate, 2-3 mm wide, strongly nerved. Corolla pale to bright blue; tube 2.4-3 mm long, inflated at base; lobes 4, obliquely erect, oblong to ovate-oblong, 4.5-6 x 2.5-3 mm, acute to subacute. Stamens alternate with corolla lobes; anthers uniformly broad to apex, 2.75-5 mm long, the lobes dehiscing laterally. Stigma simple. Capsule globose, to 5 mm in diam. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In stream and river |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | remedy for diabetes and skin diseases, |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Hexadecanoic Acid; Metformin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229756
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stalked%20Persian%20Violet.html |
| 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 | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Gentianaceae - Gentian family |
| Genus | : Exacum |
| Species | : Exacum pedunculatum |