Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH196 : Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 379

Synonym : Acanthodium procumbens Nees; Acanthus ciliaris Burm. fil.; Acanthus maderaspatanus Vahl ex Nees; Acanthus maderaspatensis L.; Acanthus procumbens Herb. Madr. ex Wall.; Blepharis abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich.; Blepharis boerhaaviifolia Pers.; Blepharis boerhaaviifolia var. maderaspatensis (L.) Nees; Blepharis breviciliata Fiori; Blepharis maderaspatensis subsp. rubiifolia (Schumach.) Napper; Blepharis maderaspatensis var. abyssinica Fiori; Blepharis procumbens Heyne ex Roth; Blepharis procurrens Nees; Blepharis rubiifolia Schum.; Blepharis teaguei Oberm.; Blepharis togodelia Solms ex Schweinf.;

Plant Common Name : Creeping Blepharis, Madras blepharis, utangan, dudhiya choti, utangan,kodali soppu, madrashi kate maka, kolagohoma, elumpu otti, kooravaal chedi, kozhimookkan,antrinta pulu, arithilai poruthi

Plant Family : Acanthaceae

Description : Herbs to 30 cm tall, perennial. Stems trailing or scrambling to decumbent, sometimes elongate, scabrous or pubescent. Leaves usually 4 per pseudo-whorl of 2 unequal pairs; petiole ca. 2 mm, puberulent; leaf blade elliptic to obovate-lanceolate, 2.5-5 × 1-2 cm, puberulent, secondary veins 3-5 on each side of midvein, base cuneate, margin undulate or dentate, apex acute. Flowers axillary and solitary or in clusters of few-flowered spikes; bracts paired, broadly spatulate to obovate-oblong, 4-13 × 2-6 mm, unequal with inner pairs larger than outer ones, strongly 3-veined, margin bristly ciliate. Calyx puberulent, unequally lobed; posterior and anterior lobes oblong, 1.2-1.8 × 0.4-0.6 cm, 3-veined, apex of anterior lobe often 2-cleft; lateral lobes linear-lanceolate, 9-12 × 2-3 mm, margin ciliate. Corolla whitish, often with pink or purple; lip obovate, 1.6-1.7 × ca. 0.8 cm, spreading; lobes ovate-oblong. Staminal filaments ca. 5 mm. Style ca. 1.2 cm. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 8 mm, glabrous. Seeds ca. 3 × 2 mm. Fl. Dec. 2n = 16, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30.

Plant Location in Melghat : In Rangubeli and Jarida

Medicinal Use / Activity : dysuria, headache, diseases of nervous system, diuretic, aphrodisiac,

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Gallic acid; Caffeic acid; Rutin; Quercetin; Ferulic acid; Squalene;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (7):

Quercetin;

Rutin;

Squalene;

Squalene;

Caffeic acid;

Ferulic acid;

Gallic Acid;

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=2&taxon_id=242308577 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32988 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Creeping%20Blepharis.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 :
Order : Lamiales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Blepharis L.
Species : Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth.

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth.
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth.