Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
MH211 : Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 395 |
| Synonym | : | Acanthus cristatus (Willd.) Nees;
Lepidagathis cristata var. latifolia Nees;
Lepidagathis mitis Dalz.;
Lepidagathis mitis var. latifolia (Nees) M.R.Almeida
Lepidagathis mitis var. subarmata C. B. Cl.;
Lepidagathis rupestris Bedd.;
Lepidagathis shuteri T. Anders.;
Lepidagathis subarmata Gamble;
Ruellia radiciflora Vahl ex Nees;
Selago acaulis Herb. Russ. ex Nees; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kumbhi, Karappan poondu, Crested Lepidagathis, Bhu Terada |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | a perennial herb, with almost no stem. Branches, 20 cm long, arise out of a globose head on the ground, and spread out. Leaves are stalkless, 3-6 x 0.5-1 cm, linear-lanceshaped, velvet-hairy, pointed at both ends, margin entire to toothed. Flowers are also arise stalkless from this globose head. Flowers are pale pink, 2-lipped. The upper lip is notched, and the lower lip is divided into 3 lobes. It appears in dry places and waste lands. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Skin diseases, Tonic, fever, inflammations, malaria, skin itch, burns and wounds. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Cristatin A; Cycloartenol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare, Endemic. |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266059
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Crested%20Lepidagathis.html
- https://www.journals.kei.org/index.php/mra/article/view/1047
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11738419 |
| 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 : ~ RLS Sikarwar, Bharat Pathak & Anil Jaiswal; "Some unique ethnomedicinal perceptions of tribal communities of Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh"; Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (2008); 7(4): 613-617 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 | : Lepidagathis |
| Species | : Lepidagathis cristata Willd. |