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   MH247 : Polygonum glabrum Willd.

Plant Category : Herbs
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 444
Synonym : Polygonum densiflorum Meisn.; Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Small.; Persicaria portoricense (Bertero ex Small) Small; Persicaria glabra (Willd.) G. Maza; Persicaria densiflora (Meisn.) Moldenke.;
Plant Common Name : K- Dongra, Bonriya Ghehu, Common Marsh Buckwheat, Chuvanna Mudela Mukkum, Sivappu Kumbakodaali, Actalaree,

Plant Family : Polygonaceae
Description : Plants perennial, 3–15 dm; roots also often arising from proximal nodes; rhizomes present. Stems decumbent to erect, usually branched distally, without noticeable ribs, glabrous or, rarely, pubescent distally, sometimes glandular-punctate. Leaves: ocrea light brown, cylindric, 12–23 mm, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, eciliate, surface glabrous, usually obscurely glandular-punctate; petiole 0.2–2 cm, scabrous; blade without dark triangular or lunate blotch adaxially, lanceolate, (10–)15–30 × (1.5–)2–5.4 cm, base tapered, margins glabrous or antrorsely strigose, apex acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or scabrous along midveins, sometimes glandular-punctate. Inflorescences mostly terminal, sometimes also axillary, erect to slightly nodding, usually uninterrupted, 30–100 × 5–9 mm; peduncle 10–50 mm, glabrous or scabrid, glandular-punctate; ocreolae usually overlapping, margins eciliate. Pedicels erect to spreading, 2–5 mm. Flowers (1–)3–8 per ocreate fascicle, homostylous; perianth greenish white to white or pink, glabrous, not glandular-puncate or glandular-punctate with punctae ± uniformly distributed, scarcely accrescent; tepals 5, connate ca. 1/3 their length, obovate, 3–3.6 mm, veins not prominent, not anchor shaped, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded; stamens 5–7, included; anthers pink or red, ovate; styles 2, connate proximally. Achenes included, dark brown to brownish black, biconvex, 2–2.2 × 1.3–1.6 mm, shiny, smooth.
Plant Location in Melghat : -
Medicinal Use / Activity : leaves of this plant are used for treatment of colic pain, fever; Root decoction given internally to neutralize the Krait poison. Root powder given for urinary stones. Plant powder with honey given for white discharge in women (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002).
Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: diosmetin; rutin; hyperin; quercitrin; 6, 6-dimethyl-1; 3-heptadien-5-ol; oleicacid; 9-octadecenamide; isodecyloctyl ester; 1,2,3-benzenetriol; vannilic acid; syringic acid; p-hydro benzoic acid; protocatecheuic acid; galliccis acid; p-coumaric acid; kaempferol; Quercetin; rhametin; avicularin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3):

Quercetin;

Rutin;

Kaempferol;

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142
Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/polygonum.glabrum - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33256 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Denseflower%20Knotweed.html - https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=POGL10 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314299630 - https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Order : Polygonales
Family : Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family
Genus : Polygonum L. - knotweed
Species : Polygonum glabrum Willd. - denseflower knotweed

Polygonum glabrum Willd. - denseflower knotweed
Polygonum glabrum Willd. - denseflower knotweed
Polygonum glabrum Willd. - denseflower knotweed