Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. - Tex-Mex tobacco
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. - Tex-Mex tobacco
MH171 : Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 343 |
| Synonym | : | Nicotiana cavanillesii Dun.;
Nicotiana cerinthoides Vitman ex Viv.;
Nicotiana crispa Cav.;
Nicotiana plantaginea DC. ex Dun.;
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia var. chlorantha Dun.;
Nicotiana pusilla Moc. & Sessé ex Dun.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Tex-Mex Tobacco, Ban tamaku, Jangli Tambakoo, Wild Tobacco |
| Plant Family | : | Solanaceae |
| Description | : | An erect viscid-pubescent plant up to 1 m tall, branched. Leaves radical and cauline. sessile, variable in size, 9-28 x 3.5-9.5 cm, elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, entire or ± wavy, cuneate to decurrent. Panicles up to 15 cm long, lax. Pedicel up to 10 mm long, glandular-pubescent. Calyx 7-9 mm long, nervose; lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla pink, tube 3.5-4.0 cm long, limb 10 mm broad; lobes 5, acute. Anthers shorter than filaments, ± oblong; filaments ± 20 mm long. Ovary ± 2.5 mm long. Capsule 8-10 mm long, ovoid, ± included in the persistent calyx. Seeds less than 1 mm long, subglobose to angular, minutely rugose-reticulate, brown. Fl. Per.: March through August, sporadic. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Akot, Semadoh ranges In forest Nurseries |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaf juice for skin diseases. Veterinary medicine, ground leaves as germicide for animal wounds. analgesic and anxiolytic activities; anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Polymethoxylavones; exoticin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| 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=242423435
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tex_Mex%20Tobacco.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 | : Solanales |
| Family | : Solanaceae - Potato family |
| Genus | : Nicotiana L. - tobacco |
| Species | : Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. - Tex-Mex tobacco |