Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Muell.-Arg.
Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Muell.-Arg.
MS056 : Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Müll.Arg.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.;
Acidoton leucopyrus (Willd.) Kuntze.;
Cicca leucopyrus (Willd.) Kurz.;
Flueggea wallichiana Baill., nom. illeg.;
Flueggea xerocarpa A.Juss.;
Phyllanthus albicans Benth., nom. nud.;
Phyllanthus leucopyrus (Willd.) J.Koenig ex Roxb.;
Phyllanthus lucena B.Heyne ex Roth.;
Xylophylla lucena Roth.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bushweed, cool pot, Indian snow berry, thermacole plant, white honey shrub • Hindi: Shinar, Ainta • Marathi: pandharphali • Tamil: Mulluppulatti • Malayalam: cerimklaav • Telugu: pulugudu • Kannada: Kandekuvana, Hooli, Bilchuli • Konkani: Parpo • Gujarati: Humri • Sanskrit: bhuriphali, panduphali, shwetakambuja |
| Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Description | : | an erect shrub 1.5-4 m tall with branches cylindrical or obtusely angular when young, gray. Final branchlets are spine-tipped, cylindrical and rigid. Leaf stalks are 2-8 mm, grooved. Leaf blade is elliptic, obovate, or round, 1.3-2.5 × 1-1.5 cm, papery to thinly leathery. Leaf margin is not toothed and the tip is rounded. Flower cymes arise in leaf axils or at leafless nodes. Flowers are tiny, yellowish. Male flowers have 5 petals, 5 stamens. Female flowers have 5 sepals, elliptic or ovate, 0.6-0.8 mm; disk annular. Fruit is a nearly spherical berry, about 4 mm in diameter, whitish when ripe. Flowering: April-July. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chikhaldara |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Treatment of wound healing. It is also useful in vitiated conditions of Pitta, burning sensation, strangury, seminal weakness and general debility and is used as a wonderful medicine in menstrual disorders. The plant has been used in preparations in traditional medicine for the treatment of cough, hay asthma, bowel complaints, disinfections, laxatives, for Diarrhea, gonorrhea, constipation and mental illness and kidney stones. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: quasitrin; albumin; securinine; 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/32598
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bushweed.html
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250084021
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012365/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279324/ |
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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 | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Euphorbiales |
| Family | : Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family |
| Genus | : Securinega L. |
| Species | : Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. |