Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.
Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
Synonym | : | Commicarpus chinensis (Linn.);
Boerhavia repanda Willd.;
Valeriana chinensis Linn.; |
Plant Common Name | : | - |
Plant Family | : | Nyctaginaceae |
Description | : | Diffuse herbs with divaricate scandent branches; stems white, glabrous. Leaves equal, ovate, acute, shallowly lobed, cordate at base, lineolate; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 1 cm long, 3-6 together in panicled umbel; pedicels 13 mm long, capillary; bracts 3 mm long, glandular; perianth 8 mm long, narrow, pink. Capsule 8 x 1.5 mm, oblanceolate, densely lineolate, glandular. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are crushed and applied to the skin as a remedy for scabies and itching body parts. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Equisetopsida |
Subclass | : |
Order | : Caryophyllales |
Family | : Nyctaginaceae |
Genus | : Boerhavia chinensis |
Species | : Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf. |