| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 203 |
| Synonym | : | Adenola longipes Rafin.;
Epilobium fruticosum Lour.;
Epilobium suffruticosum var. octovalvis (Jacq.) Munz;
Epilobium tetragonum Lour.;
Isnardia capitata DC.;
Isnardia suffruticosa Kuntze.;
Jussiaea angustifolia Lam.;
Jussiaea blumeana DC.;
Jussiaea burmannii DC.;
Jussiaea calycina Presl.;
Jussiaea clavata (C. Presl) M.E. Jones.;
Jussiaea decumbens Benth. ex Wall.;
Jussiaea erecta Blanco.;
Jussiaea erythrocaulis Mart. ex Micheli.;
Jussiaea exaltata Roxb.;
Jussiaea fruticosa DC.;
Jussiaea haenkeana Steud.;
Jussiaea junghuhniana Miq.;
Jussiaea ligustrifolia Kunth.;
Jussiaea longipes Griff.;
Jussiaea macropoda Presl.;
Jussiaea occidentalis Nutt.;
Jussiaea octofila DC.;
Jussiaea octonervia Lam.;
Jussiaea octonervia f. grandiflora Micheli.;
Jussiaea octonervia var. sessiliflora (Mich.) Mich.;
Jussiaea octovalvis (Jacq.) Sw.;
Jussiaea ovalifolia Sims.;
Jussiaea parviflora Cambess.;
Jussiaea persicariifolia Schltdl.;
Jussiaea persicariifolia f. major Schltdl.;
Jussiaea peruviana var. octofila (DC.) Bertoni.;
Jussiaea pubescens L.;
Jussiaea sagraeana A. Rich.;
Jussiaea salicifolia Kunth.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa L.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa f. angustifolia (Lamarck) Alston.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa f. linearifolia (Hassl.) Munz.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa f. villosa (Lamarck) Alston.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa var. ligustrifolia (Kunth) Griseb.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa var. octofila (DC.) Munz.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa var. octonervia (Lam.) Bertoni.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa var. sessiliflora (Mich.) Hassl.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa var. sintenisii Urb.;
Jussiaea suffruticosa var. subglabra Thwaites ex Trimen.;
Jussiaea tetragona Spreng.;
Jussiaea ventiliginum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.;
Jussiaea villosa Lam.;
Ludwigia angustifolia (Lam.) Gomez de la Maza.;
Ludwigia brachycarpa DC.;
Ludwigia capitata Michx.;
Ludwigia octovalvis sessiliflora (M. Micheli) Raven.;
Ludwigia octovalvis var. ligustrifolia (Kunth) Alain.;
Ludwigia octovalvis var. macropoda (C.Presl) Shinners.;
Ludwigia octovalvis var. octofila (DC.) Alain.;
Ludwigia pubescens (L.) H.Hara.;
Ludwigia sagraeana (A. Rich.) Gomez de la Maza.;
Oenothera octovalvis Jacq.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Pan Lavang, Willow Primrose, false primrose, Jamaica loostrife, primrose willow, swamp primrose, water primrose, wild clove, yellow willow herb • Assamese: Bon jalakia • Bengali: Ban lavanga • Hindi: Ban long • Kannada: Kauakula • Malayalam: kattukarayamapu • Marathi: Pan lavang • Sanskrit: Bhu lavangah • Tamil: Kattukkirampu • Telugu: Nirubaccala |
| Plant Family | : | Onagraceae |
| Description | : | Herbs robust, erect, perennial, sometimes woody at base or even shrubby. Stems 25-400 cm tall, well-branched, densely spreading pubescent at least on upper stem, or puberulous or subglabrous. Petiole 1-10 mm; leaf blade linear to subovate, 1-14 × 0.3-4 cm, lateral veins 11-20 per side, submarginal vein prominent, base narrowly or broadly cuneate, apex attenuate. Sepals 4, ovate or lanceolate, 6-15 mm. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, 6-17 × 5-17 mm. Stamens 8; filaments 1-4 mm; anthers 1.2-4 mm; pollen in tetrads. Style 1.5-3.5 mm; stigma subglobose, shallowly 4-lobed. Capsule pale brown with 8 darker ribs, cylindric, terete, 1.7-4.5 cm, 2-8 mm in diam., thinly walled, readily and irregularly loculicidal; pedicel 1-10 mm. Seeds in 2 or more rows per locule, free, brown, 0.6-0.75 mm, raphe inflated and equal in size to seed body, evenly transversely ridged. Fl. and fr. Jan-Dec. 2n = 32, 48*. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In marshy habitats |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is carminative, laxative and vermifuge. It is used in the treatment of Diarrhea, dysentery, nervous diseases. It is considered to have analgesic properties and, together with other herbs, is used as a treatment for rheumatic pains. The mucilaginous leaves are used as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints, including headaches, orchitis and swollen glands in the neck. The plant is sometimes used as a treatment against ulcerations of the nose. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: beta-sitosterol; oleanolic acid; 2a-hydroxy ursolic acid; tormentic acid; daucosterol; maltol; luteolin; quercetin; apigenin; methyl brevifolincarboxylate; gallic acid; 3,4,8,9,10-pentahydroxydibenzo[b, d]pyran-6-one; ellagic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (8): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Apigenin; Luteolin; Ursolic Acid; Oleanolic Acid; Ellagic acid; Gallic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ludwigia+octovalvis
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265026
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242413617
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Willow%20Primrose.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494025 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family |
| Genus | : Ludwigia L. - primrose-willow |
| Species | : Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H. Raven - Mexican primrose-willow |
