Leucas aspera
Leucas aspera
Leucas aspera
Leucas aspera
MH221 : Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 416 |
| Synonym | : | Leucas dimidiata (Roth) Spreng.;
Leucas minahassae Koord., nom. nud.;
Leucas obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn;
Leucas plukenetii (Roth) Spreng.;
Phlomis aspera Willd.;
Phlomis dimidiata Roth;
Phlomis esculenta Roxb.;
Phlomis obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.;
Phlomis plukenetii Roth.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Common Leucas, Chhota halkusa, Gophaa, Mayanglambum,Tamba, Thumbai, Tumba, Tummachettu, Tumbe guda,Ghal ghase, Bhutamari, Tumbo, Dronapushpi, Gummaa, Danephu, Dronapushpi, Gumapaate |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae / Labiatae |
| Description | : | Herbs annual, 20-40 cm tall. Stems hispid. Petiole short to obsolete, densely hispid; leaf blade linear or oblong-linear, 2.5-6 × 0.8-1.5 cm, strigose especially on veins abaxially, base cuneate-decurrent, margin sparsely crenate or sometimes subentire, apex obtuse, lateral veins ca. 3 pairs. Verticillasters globose, 2-2.5(-3) cm in diam., many flowered, densely hispid; bracts linear, as long as calyx, margin hispid ciliate, apex slightly spinescent. Calyx tubular, ca. 1 cm, slightly constricted at apex, slightly hispid or subglabrous at base, otherwise densely hispid outside; mouth oblique, erect; teeth straight, broadly triangular, apex spinescent. Corolla white, slightly longer than calyx tube, ca. 1.2 cm; tube ca. 8 mm; lower lip spreading, middle lobe largest. Nutlets brown, oblong, triquetrous, ca. 2 mm, shiny. Fl. and fr. year round. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | used traditionally as an anti-pyretic and insecticide; Medicinally, it has been proven to possess various pharmacological activities like anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, antinociceptive and cytotoxic activity; Flowers are valued as stimulant, expectorant, aperient, diaphoretic, insecticide and emmenagogue. Leaves are considered useful in chronic rheumatism, psoriasis and other chronic skin eruptions. Bruised leaves are applied locally in snake bites. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: oleanolic acid; ursolic acid; Beta-sitosterol; nicotine; alpha-sitosterol; Leucasperones A;
Leucasperones B;
Leucasperols A;
Leucasperols B; Leucasperosides A;
Leucasperosides B;
Leucasperosides C; asperphenamate; maslinic acid; linifolioside; nectandrin B; meso-dihydroguaiaretic acid; macelignan; acacetin; apigenin; chrysoeriol; myristargenol B; machilin C; u-farnesene; x-thujene; amyl propionate; isoamyl propionate; palmitic acid; stearic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid; linolenic acid; 3-sitosterol; nonatriacontane; 5-acetoxytriacontane; dotriacontanol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (11): Beta-sitosterol; Apigenin; Ursolic Acid; Oleanolic Acid; Chrysoeriol; Acacetin; Farnesene; Maslinic Acid; Palmitic acid; Meso-dihydroguaiaretic acid; Nectandrin B; |
| 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=200019771
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Common%20Leucas.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33159
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249907/ |
| Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ 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 | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family |
| Genus | : Leucas R. Br. - leucas |
| Species | : Leucas aspera |