Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH219 : Anisochilus carnosus (L.f.) Wall

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 411

Synonym : Anisochilus carnosus var. eriocephalus (Benth.) T.Cooke; Anisochilus carnosus var. glaber (Schrad.) Benth.; Anisochilus carnosus var. purpurascens Benth.; Anisochilus carnosus var. villosior Benth.; Anisochilus carnosus var. viridis Benth.; Anisochilus crassus Benth.; Anisochilus decussatus Dalzell & A.Gibson; Anisochilus eriocephalus Benth.; Anisochilus glaber Schrad.; Anisochilus rupestris Wight ex Hook.f.; Lavandula carnosa L.f.; Plectranthus carnosus (L.f.) Sm.; Plectranthus dubius Spreng., nom. illeg.; Plectranthus strobilifer Roxb.;

Plant Common Name : Thick leaved lavender, panjiri-ka-patta, doddapatre, karpurada gida, karpuravalli, kuruvelu-balli, patri gida, savirsambara, kaattukoorka, karpuravalli, mathilkkoorka, kapurli, panjiri, ajapada, induparni, karpuravalli, utpalabheda, karppura-valli, adusapundlaaku, karpuravalli, omamuaku, pindi bonda, ritchu rodda, rogachettu, saraguduganapa

Plant Family : Lamiaceae

Description : Semisucculent annual herbs, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2-5 x 2-3.5 cm, broadly ovate, base turncate or cordate, margin crenate-serrate, apex obtuse, verrucose above, pubescent below, subsucculent; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers in terminal simple or panicled, 1.5-3 cm long, oblong spikes. Calyx c. 4 mm long, tubular, mouth oblique, 2-lipped, acute; upper lip pubescent without, deflexed in fruits. Corolla purple, c. 1 cm long, lobes 5, 2-lipped, upper lip entire, lower 4-lobed . Stamens 4, exserted; filaments connate at base forming a sheath. Fruits of 4, ovoid nutlets. Seeds orbicular, smooth.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : gastric ulcer and skin diseases

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: luteolin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1):

Luteolin;

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/228744 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Thick_Leaf%20Lavender.html - https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472_6882_14_421

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 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 : Lamiaceae
Genus : Anisochilus
Species : Anisochilus carnosus (L.f.) Wall

Anisochilus carnosus (L.f.) Wall
Anisochilus carnosus (L.f.) Wall