Securinega virosa
Securinega virosa
Securinega virosa
Securinega virosa
MS097 : Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 474 |
| Synonym | : | Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle;
Acidoton virosus (Roxb. ex Willd.) Kuntze.;
Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Pandhari, Pithondi, Common Bushweed • Hindi: dalme, patala • Kannada: belahuli, bilisuli, gudahale • Malayalam: perinklavu • Marathi: kodarsi • Tamil: irubulai, pula, varadbula, vedbula, vellaipula • Telugu: mekarayi, sulamunta, tellapuli, tellapurugudu |
| Plant Family | : | Phyllanthaceae |
| Description | : | Profusely branched dioecious shrubs. Leaves alternate, 1.5-3.5 x 1-2 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, glaucous below, chartaceous; petiole c. 3 mm long. Flowers minute in axillary clusturs, short-pedicelled. Male flowers numerous; pedicels to 2 mm long; tepals 5, c. 1 mm long, ovate-concave, crenulate; stamens 5, free; pistillodes 3. Female flowers c. 2 mm across; tepals 5, ovate. Fruit white, c. 4 mm across, globose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Harisal, Semadoh, Raipur, Bori |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | sedative in children and in mental illnesses. Analgesic, anti-diabetics, Anti-daote. The roots and fruits are believed to be an effective snake bite remedy. Roots are used as contraceptives and for the treatment of syphilis, gonorrhea, rheumatism, sterility, rashes, and an infusion of the root is taken to relieve malaria. The bark is believed to provide a treatment for Diarrhea and pneumonia. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 11-O-acetyl bergenin; bergenin; virosecurinine; ent-phyllanthidine; kaempferol; quercetin; gallic acid; daucosterol; beta-sitosterol; ent-podocarpanes; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Kaempferol; Gallic Acid; |
| 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/259733
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Common%20Bushweed.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875536409600224 |
| 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 | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Malpighiales |
| Family | : Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus | : Securinega Comm. ex A.Juss. |
| Species | : Securinega virosa |