Dipteracanthus patulus
Dipteracanthus patulus
Dipteracanthus patulus
Dipteracanthus patulus
MH198 : Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.) Nees
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 382 |
| Synonym | : | Ruellia patula Jacq.;
Ruellia pallida Vahl; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Spreading Ruellia, Grandhi nayakam |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | An erect, hoary pubescent, up to 50 cm tall, basally woody, much branched shrublet with ± quadrangular twigs. Leaves on 4-10 (-20) mm long petioles; lamina elliptic-ovate, rarely obovate, (1.2-) 1.5-5 (-6) x 1-3 (-4.5) cm, densely pubescent on both sides, entire, basally rounded, obtuse or subacute. Flowers pale-white, sessile, 3-4 cm long, usually solitary axillary, rarely 2-3 in cymes; bracteoles leafy, elliptic-spathulate or ovate, 8-10 mm x 6-7 mm, obtuse, petiolate. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, (3-) 4-5 (-6) mm long, ciliate, ± equal, acute. Corolla tube up to 3 cm long, infundibuliform, limb lobes suborbicular, 8-10 mm long, obtuse. Staminal filaments glabrous, anthers oblong, c. 2 mm long. Ovary glabrous, c. 2 mm long; style filiform, 2-3 cm long, hairy. Capsule elliptic-clavate, 1.4-1.8 cm long, glabrous, 8-10-seeded. Seeds flat, ± orbicular, c. 3 mm across. Fl. Per.: September-March. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Bori, Dhargad |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | treatment of wounds, leaves are used for treating itches, insect bites, sores, eye diseases, tumours, skin diseases,
rheumatic complaints, renal affections, dental problems and insect bites. treatment of gonorrhea, syphilis, eye sore, renal infection, cough, wounds, scalds, toothache, stomachache
and kidney stones |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Hexadecane; Octadecane; Beta-Sitosterol; Squalene; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Squalene; |
| 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=250080581 |
| Reference | : | ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ KARTHIKA C, YOGESHWARI G, MURUGANANTHAM K and MANIVANNAN S; "PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RUELLIA PATULA USING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY"; Asian J Pharm Clin Res (2016); 9(2): 111-113 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Dipteracanthus |
| Species | : Dipteracanthus patulus |