Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS066 : Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schumann

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 298

Synonym : Holostemma ada-kodien Schult.; Asclepias annularis Roxb.; Cynanchum annulare (Roxb.) Heyne ex Wight; Holostemma brunonianum Royle.; Holostemma fragrans Wall.; Holostemma rheedei Wall.; Holostemma rheedianum Spreng.; Sarcostemma annulare (Roxb.) Roth.;

Plant Common Name : Holostemma Creeper • Hindi: Chhirvel • Marathi: Dudruli, Shidodi • Tamil: Palay kirai • Malayalam: Ada kodien • Telugu: Palagurugu • Sanskrit: Jivanti, Arkapushpi

Plant Family : Apocynaceae

Description : Twiners. Leaves 8-12 x 5-8 cm, oblong or ovate, apex acute to cuspidate, base widely and deeply cordate, lateral nerves ca. 4-7 pairs, lower 2 pairs basal, base with few papillate glands; petiole to 4-5 cm long. Flowers few to many in axillary peduncled cymes; peduncles shorter than the petiole, stout; pedicels 1.5 cm long; calyx lobes ovate, 4 mm long; corolla 2.5 cm across, campanulate, pale purple, lobes 8 x 6 mm, ovate, obtuse; gynostegium 8 x 6 mm, outer corona short, truncate; inner corona 5, ovate, acute, glabrous.

Plant Location in Melghat : In Dhargad, Bori

Medicinal Use / Activity : Externally the paste of its leaves and roots alleviate oedema due to vitiation of pitta dosa. The herb is beneficial for external use in various skin diseases, wounds and inflammation of the skin.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: alpha-amyrin; lupeol; beta-sitosterol;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3):

Lupeol;

Beta-sitosterol;

Alpha-amyrin;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro_2604387 -https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229953 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Holostemma%20Creeper.html - https://www.ijcmas.com/6_11_2017/Siddharuda%20Tuppad,%20et%20al.pdf

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 : Gentianales
Family : Apocynaceae
Genus : Holostemma
Species : Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schumann.

Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schumann.
Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schumann.
Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schumann.
Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schumann.