Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC.
Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC.
Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC.
Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC.
Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC.
MS062 : Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 287 |
| Synonym | : | Baeobotrys indica Roxb.;
Maesa elmeri Mez.;
Maesa elongata (A. DC.) Mez.;
Maesa grossedentata Mez.;
Maesa indica var. coriacea A. DC.;
Maesa indica var. perrottetiana (A. DC.) Clarke.;
Maesa laxa Mez.;
Maesa neocoriacea S.S.R. Bennet.;
Maesa perrottetiana A. DC.;
Maesa ramosii Quisumb. & Merr.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Wild Berry, wild tea • Assamese: awuapat, machhpora, sesu • Bengali: ramjani • Garo: samnakhatok • Hindi: kramighna phal • Kannada: gudde haragi, mandase • Khasi: dieng sohjala-tyrkai • Konkani: ataki • Kumaoni: nagapadhera • Malayalam: kiriti, kuttivizhaal • Manipuri: ar-ngeng • Marathi: ataki • Mizo: purmo-kung • Lepcha: purmo-kung • Nepali: bilaune, krimighna phal • Tamil: periya-unni |
| Plant Family | : | Primulaceae |
| Description | : | Shrubs 1-3 m tall, scandent, glandular granulose, early glabrescent. Branchlets angular to obtusely ridged, pellucid punctate-lineate, striate, with dense lenticels; pith solid. Petiole slightly canaliculate, 1-1.8 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to oblong, 8-17(-21) × 5-9(-11) cm, papery, punctate-lineate, base obtuse or subrounded, margin serrate-dentate or -denticulate, teeth not callose, apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescences axillary or subterminal, racemose or paniculate, 3-5 cm, glabrescent or glandular granulose; bracteoles broadly ovate, obtuse to rounded apically. Flowers white or light yellow-green, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel 1-2 mm, glandular granulose. Calyx lobes broadly ovate, pellucid punctate, margin entire, sparsely ciliate, apex obtuse to rounded. Corolla campanulate, orange punctate-lineate; lobes broadly ovate, as long as or longer than tube, margin subundulate, apex acute. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube, included; filaments as long as or longer than anthers; anthers rounded. Pistil included. Style short; stigma lobed. Fruit globose or subglobose, ca. 3 mm in diam., with longitudinal ribs; persistent calyx lobes closed at fruit apex. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Nov. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chaurakund, Rangubeli area |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | used in treatment of blood purification and anthelminthic ailments. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: quercetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Quercetin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200016852
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052164/
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Berry.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32702 |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Ericales |
| Family | : Primulaceae |
| Genus | : Maesa |
| Species | : Maesa indica (Roxb.) A. DC. |