Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L.
Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L.
MS096 : Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 472 |
| Synonym | : | Diasperus gracilis (Roxb.) Kuntze.;
Diasperus gueinzii (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze.;
Diasperus maderaspatensis (L.) Kuntze.;
Nellica maderaspatana Raf. nom. illeg.;
Phyllanthus andrachnoides Willd.;
Phyllanthus arabicus Hochst. ex Steud.;
Phyllanthus brachypodus F.Muell. ex Benth. nom. illeg.;
Phyllanthus cuneatus Willd.;
Phyllanthus gracilis Roxb.;
Phyllanthus gueinzii Müll.Arg.;
Phyllanthus javanicus Poir. ex Spreng.;
Phyllanthus longifolius Sond. nom. illeg.;
Phyllanthus magudensis Jean F.Brunel.;
Phyllanthus obcordatus Willd.;
Phyllanthus stipulaceus Bojer.;
Phyllanthus thonningii Schumach. & Thonn.;
Phyllanthus vaccinioides Klotzsch nom. illeg.;
Phyllanthus venosus Hochst. ex A.Rich.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ran - Aoli, Madras Leaf-Flower • Hindi: hajarmani, kanocha • Marathi: bhuiavali, kachora • Tamil: nila-nelli • Telugu: Nalla usirika • Kannada: Madaraas nelli • Konkani: kachora • Sanskrit: bhumyaamalaki |
| Plant Family | : | Phyllanthaceae |
| Description | : | an erect or spreading subshrub, growing to only 50 cm tall, well-branched and hairless. Leaves are arranged in 2-ranks - they are inverted lance-shaped or obovate, 1–4 cm long, up to 5 mm wide. Underside is glaucous, tip is blunt or rounded with a sharp point. Stipules have white margins. Male flowers arise 2 or 3 together with 1 female. Male flowers are on stalks up to 0.5 mm long, female flowers are on longer stalks. up to 1 mm long. Female flower petals are obovate with white margins, 2 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, twice the size of the male petals. Capsule is about 3 mm in diameter, with seeds 1–1.5 mm long. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant sap and leaf decoction are credited with emetic and purgative activities. Plant sap is used as nose drops to treat toothache. Ground leaves are rubbed on the skin with lemon juice as treatment for rheumatism. The seeds are carminative, diuretic and laxative. The plant is used as an aphrodisiac. The plant is widely used in India to treat headache, bronchitis, earache and ophthalmia. Powder from dried plant material mixed with milk is drunk to treat jaundice. The whole plant is pounded and boiled, then the solution used for washing areas of the body affected by scabies. A root decoction is taken to cure constipation, Diarrhea, lack of appetite, intestinal pain, menstrual problems, gastrointestinal disorders, testicular swelling, chest complaints and snake bites. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: n-tetracosane; taraxeryl acetate; ester of beta-sitosterol; taraxerol; hexacosane; 32-methyltritriacontanol-1; heptacosanol-14; 11-hydroxyhexacosan-3- one; tetracos-20(cn)-1,18-diol; oleana-11,13(18)dienc- 3beta,24-diol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Beta-sitosterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230704
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Madras%20Leaf_Flower.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phyllanthus+maderaspatensis
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279699592 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Malpighiales |
| Family | : Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus | : Phyllanthus |
| Species | : Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L. |