Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight
Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight
Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 299 |
Synonym | : | Asclepias javanica Burm. ex Decne.;
Asclepias suberosa Roxb.;
Asclepias tuberosa Roxb.;
Asclepias volubilis Herb. Madr. ex Hook. fil.;
Asclepias zeylanica Burm. ex Decne.;
Cynanchum asthmaticum Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. fil.;
Cynanchum ovatum Thunb.;
Cynanchum reticulatum Retz.;
Daemia reticulata (Retz.) Moon.;
Gymnema aurantiacum Wall. ex Hook. fil.;
Leptadenia appendiculata Decne.;
Leptadenia brevipes Wight ex Hook. fil.;
Leptadenia imberbis Wight.;
Secamone canescens Sm.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Dudhkadi, Cork Swallow-Wort • Hindi: dori, jhumka, jumka, meethi dodi • Kannada: bugudi hoovina gedde • Malayalam: atakodiyan, atapatiyan, curinil • Marathi: bhuidodi, dodi, khaandodkee • Sanskrit: arkapushpi, caksusya, jivaniya, jivanti • Tamil: paalai keerai • Telugu: guttipaala, kalasa, mukku thummudu |
Plant Family | : | Apocynaceae |
Description | : | Woody climbers, latex milky, mealy pubescent. Leaves to 9 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, oblong, gradually acute at apex, base truncate or shallowly cordate, stellate hairy; petiole to 3 cm. Umbels axillary; peduncles to 0.5 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow, pedicels to 7 mm; bracts 4 mm, hairy; calyx cupular, 2 mm, pubescent, ovate; corolla tube 1.5 mm, lobes 3 mm, triangular ovate, margins folded, pubescent; corona double, outer corolline, bifid; inner staminal; pollinia suberect, pellucid; ovary 1 mm. Follicles paired, 6 x 2 cm, bluntly acute at both ends. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Lactative; The plant is galactogogue, cooling, nutritive, aphrodisiac, stimulant, diuretic, and eyetonic. Useful to cure eye-diseases, seminal debility, general weakness, cough, dyspnoea, fever, asthma, constipation, sore throat, and gonorrhea. Extracts of roots and leaves of the plant act as anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent. It promotes health and vigour, improves voice, alleviates the three dosas vata, pitta and kapha. It also cures eye diseases, hematemesis, emaciation, cough, dyspnoea, fever and burning sensation. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: stigmasterol; beta–sitosterol; alpha-amyrin; beta-amyrin; ferulic acid; luteolin; diosmetin; rutin; stigmasterol; hentriacontanol; apigenin; reticulin; deniculatin; leptaculatin; lupanol 3-O diglucoside; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6): Rutin; Apigenin; Luteolin; Alpha-amyrin; Stigmasterol; Ferulic acid; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Rare, Endemic |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cork%20Swallow_Wort.html
-https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/248838
- http://www.globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v20_2/18.pdf
- http://www.mdpi.com/1420_3049/22/6/1019/htm |
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Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : |
Order | : Gentianales |
Family | : Apocynaceae |
Genus | : Leptadenia |
Species | : Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight |