Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees
Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees
MH435 : Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Ruellia prostrata Poir.;
Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta C.B.Cl.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bell Weed, Pottakanchi . Malayalam : Velipadakkam, Thuppalampotti |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Diffuse herbs, rooting at lower nodes; stems villous. Leaves to 6 x 4 cm, ovate, acute, entire, base acute of obtuse; petiole 2-3 cm long. Flowers axillary, 2 or 3 together; bracts absent; bracteoles foliar, 1.5 x 1 cm, ovate; calyx 5-partite, lobes 10 mm long, linear, ciliate; corolla yellow, tube 8 mm long, lobes subequal, 1 cm long, obovate; stamens 4, didynamous, filaments connate below; ovary 2-celled, style densely hairy. Capsule 1.5 x 0.6 cm, linear oblong; seeds 5 in each cell, orbicular, compressed, marginate, smooth. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Umarkhed |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | It is believed to be anti-cancerous
against the epidermis of the nasopharynx
region, used in gonorrhea and is slightly
hypoglycemic.
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| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - 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/250316
- http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Dipteracanthus_prostratus
- http://www.ijpbs.net/vol_2_issue_4/pharma_science/41.pdf |
| 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 : ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388 ~ MAHIPAL S. SHEKHAWAT, M. MANOKARI AND C.P. RAVINDRAN ; "IN VITRO CLONAL PROPAGATION OF DIPTERACANTHUS PROSTRATUS (POIR.) NEES. - A VALUABLE MEDICINAL PLANT"; Innoriginal International Journal of Sciences (2015); 2(6): 7-10 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Dipteracanthus |
| Species | : Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees |