Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH417 : Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Clark

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
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

Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl
Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl.) C.B.Cl