Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.
Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.
Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.
Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.
Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.
MS087 : Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 413 |
| Synonym | : | Buchanania oppositifolia Sm.;
Colebrookea ternifolia Roxb.;
Elsholtzia oppositifolia (Sm.) Poir.;
Sussodia oppositifolia (Sm.) Buch.-Ham.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chota Bhandar, Indian Squirrel Tail • Hindi: Bhamber, Bhirmoli, Binda, Pansra • Marathi: Bhaman, Dasai • Nepali: Dhursuli • Oriya: Bosik • Konkani: Bhamini • Nepali: Dhusure, Dosul, Dhulsu, Dhursuli |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae / Labiatae |
| Description | : | Shrub up to 2.5 m, soft-pubescent or velutinous, eglandular throughout. Stems quandrangular when young. Leaves 10-20 x 5-8 cm, cuneate, apically acuminate, darkish green above, whitish canescent below; petiole thick, 1-3 cm. Flowers greenish white to mauve, often gynodioecious. Panicles widespreading. Spikes slender in flower 5-10 cm long, to c. 15 mm wide in fruit. Pedicels c. 0.5 mm or less. Calyx 1-2 mm in flower; teeth enlarging to c. 6 mm and prominently plumose in fruit. Corolla whitish 1.5-2 mm. Nutlets c. 0.5 mm long, obovoid, not trigonous, densely pilose, often only one developing. Fl. Per.: January-April. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Chikhaldara, Tarubandha, Semadoh, Raipur ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant material is generally used to cure the diseases like epilepsy,fever, headache, and urinary problems. It possess Hepatoprotective, cardioprotective and anti-inflammatory attributes. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: negletein 6-glucoside; kaempferol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Kaempferol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Squirrel%20Tail.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/251110
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=210000306
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0031942295009752
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19219733
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311740859 |
| 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 | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family |
| Genus | : Colebrookea |
| Species | : Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm. |