Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
Synonym | : | Aechmandra epigaea (Rottl.) Arn.;
Bryonia epigaea Rottl. & Willd.;
Coniandra corallina Fenzl ex Naud.;
Corallocarpus corallinus (Naud.) Cogn.;
Corallocarpus gracilipes Cogn.;
Corallocarpus hildebrandtii Gilg;
Corallocarpus palmatus Cogn.;
Rhynchocarpa corallina Naud.;
Rhynchocarpa epigaea (Rottl.) Naud.;
Rhynchocarpa epigaeus var. gracilipes Naud.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Redfruit Creeper, akas-gaddah, akasgaddah, kadawi nai, aakhasha garuda, akashagarudagadde, akashgaruda-balli, kadamba, kollan-kova-kizhauna, kollankova, Kadavinai, kadamba, katunahi, mahamula, akashagadda, murudonda, naga donda, |
Plant Family | : | Cucurbitaceae |
Description | : | Trailing or climbing herbs. Stems Sulcate. Flowers greenish yellow. Berries dehisce by operculum. Vines. Leaves 3-5 angled, to 8 x 8 cm, pubescent, apex acute, base cordate, dentate; petiole to 3 cm. Flowers monoecious, yellow; male flowers in racemes, to 1 cm; peduncles to 5 cm, stout; corolla 2 mm across, pubescent; stamens 3, erect; female flowers solitary, 2 mm across; ovary 4 mm, oblong, beaked. Fruit 1.5 x 1 cm, ellipsoid, beaked, circumscissile at base; seeds ca. 8. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chikhaldara |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | treatment of chronic rheumatism, snake bite, asthma, dysentery and syphilitic disorders; Tubers are believed to cleanse the wounds, help deal with obesity, skin disease, tumours, cough, bronchitis; |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 2-methylhexyl p-hydroxybenzoate; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
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://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249147
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Redfruit%20Creeper.html
- http://biosciencediscovery.com/Vol3No1/Vasantha87_90.pdf
- https://eurekamag.com/research/008/305/008305365.php |
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Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
Order | : Violales |
Family | : Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family |
Genus | : Corallocarpus |
Species | : Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl |