Plumbago zeylanica L. - wild leadwort
Plumbago zeylanica L. - wild leadwort
MS060 : Plumbago zeylanica L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 284 |
| Synonym | : | Findlaya alba Bowdich.;
Molubda scandens (L.) Raf.;
Plumbagidium scandens (L.) Spach.;
Plumbago scandens L.;
Plumbago zeylanica var. glaucescens Boiss.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chitrak, K-Chitur |
| Plant Family | : | Plumbaginaceae |
| Description | : | Erect subshrubs, sometimes subscandent; stem striate. Leaves 3-7 x 1.7-3.2 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base shortly and abruptly attenuated into a short petiole, apex acute or subacute, somewhat glaucous beneath; petiole c. 1 cm long, amplexicaul at base and often auriculate. Flowers white, in elongate, terminal, often panicled racemes; rachis with sessile glands; bracteoles ovate, acuminate. Calyx 8-12 mm long, narrowly tubular, densely covered with stalked glands; lobes small. Corolla 1-1.6 cm across; tube c. 1.5 cm long; lobes obovate-oblong. Stamens 5; filaments c. 1.5 cm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 1-locular; stigma 5-fid. Capsule oblong, acute with 5 furrows. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Especially along gullies and streams |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Skin diseases, Anti-cancer(Checker et al., 2010); Paste of root bark is applied for healing of wound. Powder of root is used in digestion. Roots are abortificient. Root is used to cure malaria. Used in treating intestinal troubles, dysentery, leucoderma, inflammation, piles, bronchitis, itching, diseases of the liver, and consumption. The leaves of this herb work well for treating laryngitis, rheumatism, diseases of the spleen, ringworm, scabies, and it acts as an aphrodisiac. A tincture of the root bark is used as an anti-periodic. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Plumbagin; seselin; 5-methoxyseselin; suberosin; xanthyletin; xanthoxyletin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Plumbagin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Checker, R., Sharma, D., Sandur, S. K., Subrahmanyam, G., Krishnan, S., Poduval, T. B., et al. (2010). Plumbagin inhibits proliferative and inflammatory responses of T cells independent of ROS generation but by modulating intracellular thiols. J. Cell. Biochem. 110, 1082–1093. doi: 10.1002/jcb.22620
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33246
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chitrak.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Sebua Silas Semenya and Alfred Maroyi; "Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa"; Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2018); Article ID 2183705, 33 pages PMID : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 PMID : ~ Sonika Jain, Jaya Dwivedi, Pankaj Kumar Jain, Swaha Satpathy and Arjun Patra; "Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Cancer: A Brief Review"; Pharmacogn. J. (2016); 8(2): 87-102 PMID : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID : ~ Behailu Bizuayehu and Belachew Garedew; "A review on the ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of gonorrhea disease in Ethiopia"; Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (2018); 9(3): 183-193 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Caryophyllidae |
| Order | : Plumbaginales |
| Family | : Plumbaginaceae - Leadwort family |
| Genus | : Plumbago L. - leadwort |
| Species | : Plumbago zeylanica L. - wild leadwort |