Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH222 : Leucas biflora (Vahl) Sm.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 417

Synonym : Blandina biflora (Vahl) Raf.; Leucas biflora procumbens (Desf.) Gamble.; Leucas procumbens Desf.; Nepeta indica Burm.f., nom. illeg.; Phlomis biflora Vahl.;

Plant Common Name : Jodi Burumbi, Two-Flowered Leucas,

Plant Family : Lamiaceae / Labiatae

Description : Diffuse or scandent herbs; branches finely pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, base obtuse, membranous, crenate, to 3.5 x 2 cm; petiole 0.5 cm long. Flowers solitary; calyx tubular, 7 mm long, finely strigose; corolla white, 1.4 cm long, annulate-villous inside at middle. Nutlets oblong, truncate.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : anti-diabetic; In ethnic medicine in NE India, the mature leaf decoction is uses as eye drop twice a day in case of conjunctivitis. The mature leaves ground with the leaves of Centella asiatica in a ratio of 2:1 and the juice extracted from this mixture is applied directly to stop instance of bleeding from nose. Four to five leaves are also prescribed to chew with a leaf of Piper betel (Pan Pata) for the women who suffer from white discharge.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Ursolic acid;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1):

Ursolic Acid;

Plant's Current Status : Not Common

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.phcog.com/article.asp?issn=0973_1296;year=2016; - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Two_Flowered%20Leucas.html - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/261788 - http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/12044/1/IJTK%2010%283%29%20575_577.pdf

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 : Asteridae
Order : Lamiales
Family : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family
Genus : Leucas R. Br. - leucas
Species : Leucas biflora

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