Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern. - variableleaf yellowcress
Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern. - variableleaf yellowcress
Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern. - variableleaf yellowcress
Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern. - variableleaf yellowcress
MH403 : Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Cardamine atrovirens (Hornem.) Kuntze; Cardamine glandulosa Blanco; Cardamine lamontii Hance; Clandestinaria indica Spach; Nasturtium apetalum A.Chev. (Unresolved); Nasturtium atrovirens (Hornem.) DC.; Nasturtium diffusum DC.; Nasturtium heterophyllum D. Don; Nasturtium indicum (L.) DC.; Nasturtium montanum Wall. ex Hook. f. & Thomson; Nasturtium montanum (Nutt.) Kuntze; Nasturtium sinapis (Burm. f.) O.E. Schulz; Radicula indica (L.) J.M. Macoun; Rorippa atrovirens (Hornem.) Ohwi & H. Hara; Rorippa indica (L.) L.H. Bailey; Rorippa indica (L.) Hochr. .; Rorippa montana (Wall. ex Hook. f. & Thomson) Small; Rorippa sinapis (Burm. f.) J.F. Macbr.; Rorippa sinapis (Burm. f.) Ohwi & H. Hara; Sinapis benghalensis Roxb. ex DC. (Unresolved); Sinapis divaricata Roxb. (Unresolved); Sisymbrium apetalum Lour. (Unresolved); Sisymbrium atrovirens Hornem.; Sisymbrium gangeticum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (Unresolved); Sisymbrium indicum L.; Sisymbrium sinapifolium St.-Lag. (Unresolved); Sisymbrium sinapis Burm. f.; Nasturtium indicum (L.). DC.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Indian Field-Cress, variableleaf yellowcress, yellow cress, Chamsuru, kaadu saasive, Pahelo jhar, aaku mullangi |
| Plant Family | : | Brassicaceae / Cruciferae |
| Description | : | Annual or biennial herb, 50-60 (-75) cm tall, sparsely hairy to glabrous (in our area), often much branched above. Leaves similar to the above species but sinuate and toothed, pinnatifid, lyrate to almost entire; upper ones often acute or acuminate with an elongated apex. Racemes elongated, 25-35-flowered, up to 15 cm long in fruit. Flowers c. 2.5 mm across, yellow; pedicels up to 5 mm long in fruit, ascending or subspreading. Sepals 2-2.5 mm long. Petals usually about as long as the sepals, sometimes reduced or suppressed. Stamens c. 1.5:2 mm long. Siliquae usually 10-15 mm long, c. 1.5 mm broad, slender but often slightly up-curved, blunt apexed with c. 1 mm long style and capitate stigma; seeds subbiseriate (or biseriate), minute, c. 0.5 mm long, usually about 100 (or more) in each fruit. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | purported diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antifever, and anticough properties and to help with blood circulation and rheumatoid arthritis. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: hirsutin; Ronifore; rorifamide; vanillic acid; malic acid; rutin; kaempferol; quercetin; isorhamnetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Quercetin; Rutin; Kaempferol; Isorhamnetin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat
Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082396/
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Field-Cress.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230966 |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Capparales |
| Family | : Brassicaceae / Cruciferae - Mustard family |
| Genus | : Rorippa Scop. - yellowcress |
| Species | : Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern. - variableleaf yellowcress |