Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH234 : Boerhavia diffusa L.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 430

Synonym : Axia cochinchinensis Lour.; Boerhavia adscendens Willd.; Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl.; Boerhavia ciliatobracteata Heimerl; Boerhavia coccinea var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Standl.; Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Kuntze) Moscoso; Boerhavia diffusa var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) C.D.Adams; Boerhavia diffusa var. obtusifolia Choisy; Boerhavia diffusa var. paniculata Kuntze; Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy Boerhavia friesii Heimerl; Boerhavia paniculata f. esetosa Heimerl; Boerhavia paniculata f. multiglandulosa Heimerl ex Parodi; Boerhavia paniculata var. guaranitica Heimerl; Boerhavia paniculata var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl; Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f.; Commicarpus africanus (Lour.) Dandy;

Plant Common Name : Khaparkhuti, Punarnava, red spiderling, spreading hogweed, tarvine, Adakaputtana gida, Raktapunarnava, Shothaghni, Kathillaka, Kshudra, Varshabhu, Raktapushpa, Varshaketu, and Shilatika

Plant Family : Nyctaginaceae

Description : Herbs with long trailing branches; stem reddish, tomentose. Leaves unequal, ovate, obtuse, undulate along margins, truncate to subcordate at base, tomentose; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers 4 mm long, 4-10 together, in axillary or terminal, peduncled umbels; bracts 5, ovate, glandular, perianth pink, stamens 3, capsule 3 x 1 mm, clavate, 5-ribbed, glandular.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : Blood purification, in vitro anti-cancer, antiestrogenic, immunomodulatory and anti-amoebic. Popular in Ayurveda, this herb is known for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. The roots of Boerhavia diffusa, commonly known as 'Punarnava', are used by a large number of tribes in India for the treatment of various hepatic disorders and for internal inflammation. Anodectal data has also reported effectiveness of Boerhavia diffusa incases of oedema and ascites resulting from early cirrhosis of the liver and chronic peritonitis.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Boeravinones G; Boeravinones H; lunamarine; Punarnavoside; C-methyl flavone; ursolic acids;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2):

Flavone;

Ursolic Acid;

Plant's Current Status : Rare

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32997 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630688/ - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Red%20Spiderling.html

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass :
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Nyctaginaceae
Genus : Boerhavia L.
Species : Boerhavia diffusa L.

Boerhavia diffusa L.
Boerhavia diffusa L.
Boerhavia diffusa L.
Boerhavia diffusa L.