Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS100 : Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 33

Synonym : Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton.; Aganosma affinis (Roem. & Schult.)G.Don; Apocynum crassifolium Salisb.; Apocynum frutescens L.; Beluttakaka malabarica (Lam.)Kuntze.; Carruthersia daronensis Elmer.; Chonemorpha bantamensis G.Don.; Chonemorpha malabarica (Lam.) G.Don.; Echites affinis Roem. & Schult.; Echites bantamensis Bl.; Echites caryophyllatus Roth.; Echites caudatus Blanco.; Echites ferrugineus Thunb.; Echites frutescens (L.) Roxb.; Echites malabaricus Lam.; Echites trichonema Zipp. ex Span.; Gardenia sinensis Lour. ex B.A.Gomes.; Gardenia volubilis Lour.; Ichnocarpus affinis (Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum.; Ichnocarpus bantamensis (Bl.) Miq.; Ichnocarpus dasycalyx Miq.; Ichnocarpus frutescens var. leptodictyus (F.Muell.) Domin.; Ichnocarpus frutescens var. ovatifolius (A.DC.) Deb.; Ichnocarpus frutescens var. parvifolia Hook.f.; Ichnocarpus frutescens var. pubescens Kurz.; Ichnocarpus leptodictyus F.Muell.; Ichnocarpus microcalyx Pitard.; Ichnocarpus moluccanus Miq.; Ichnocarpus navesii Rolfe.; Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.; Ichnocarpus oxypetalus Pitard.; Ichnocarpus sogerensis Wernham ex S. Moore.; Ichnocarpus volubilis (Lour.) Merr.; Micrechites sinensis Markgr.; Quirivelia bantamensis (Bl.) F.N.Williams.; Quirivelia frutescens (L.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida.; Quirivelia zeylanica Poir.; Springia indica Heurck & Müll. Arg.; Tabernaemontana parviflora Poir.; Thyrsanthus parviflorus (Poir.) Miers.;

Plant Common Name : Black Creeper • Hindi: Kalidudhi, Shyamalata • Marathi: Dudhbel, Krishna-sarwa, Kante-bhouri • Tamil: paravalli, udargodi, udarkkoti • Malayalam: nannari, naruninti, palvalli • Telugu: illukkatti, karampala, muntagajjanamu • Kannada: gorwiballi, gouriballi, kappunamadaberu • Oriya: bhotinoi • Assamese: dudhkuri lota • Sanskrit: Ananta, bhadra, Chandanagopa • Nepali: Dudhe lahara

Plant Family : Apocynaceae

Description : Lianas to 10 m. Branchlets pubescent when young, soon glabrous. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade 5-11 X 2.5-4.5 cm, pubescent or glabrous abaxially; lateral veins 5-7 pairs. Inflorescences many flowered, 3-8 cm, most flowers in pedunculate heads. Calyx densely pubescent. Corolla tube ca. 2.5 mm; lobes narrowly oblong, ca. 5 mm. Anthers elliptic; disc lobes free, linear, longer than ovary. Ovaries pubescent. Follicles cylindric, 8-15 cm X 4-5 mm, slightly torulose, pubescent. Seeds linear, coma ca. 2.5 cm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Aug-Dec. 2n = 20.

Plant Location in Melghat : Harisal

Medicinal Use / Activity : use as in atrophy, bleeding gums, convulsions, cough, delirium, dysentery, glossitis, heamaturia, measles; anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant and antitumor spectrum of activity.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: lupeol acetate; friedelin; friedelinol; oleanolic acid; nonane; 5-hydroxyoctacosan-25-one; dotriacontanoic acid; sitosterol; sitosterol palmitate; alpha-amyrin; lupeol; epi-friedelinol; beta-sitosterol; n-butyl oleate; n-octyl tetracontane; tetratriacontadiene n-nonadecanyl benzoate; benzocosanyl arachidate; apigenin; luteolin; vitexin; isovitexin; proanthocyanidin; vanillic; syringic acid; synapic acid; protocatechuic acid; kaemferol; kaemferol-3-galactoside; mannitol; Vanillic acid;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (7):

Lupeol;

Beta-sitosterol;

Apigenin;

Luteolin;

Friedelin;

Alpha-amyrin;

Oleanolic Acid;

Plant's Current Status : Rare

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat. - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018399 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229998 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Black%20Creeper.html - http://iglobaljournal.com/wp_content/uploads/2012/05/6._Khushboo_Chaudhary_et_al_2012.pdf

Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII 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 : Ichnocarpus
Species : Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.

Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.