Xeromphis ulignosa (Retz.) Mahesh.
Xeromphis ulignosa (Retz.) Mahesh.
Xeromphis ulignosa (Retz.) Mahesh.
Xeromphis ulignosa (Retz.) Mahesh.
MT061 : Xeromphis uliginosa (Retz.) Maheshw
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 236 |
| Synonym | : | Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Tupkela, Kala Pendhara K-Purput, Ghangru, Divine Jasmine, Tamilnadia • Marathi: Kalaphendra • Tamil: Wagatta, Kalikarai • Malayalam: Pindichakka, Malankara • Telugu: Kuka-elka • Nepali: Pidaar, Piraar |
| Plant Family | : | Rubiaceae |
| Description | : | Deciduous trees, to 7 m high, bark reddish-brown; branchlets 4 angled, terminating with one or two pair of sharp thorns. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule interpetiolar, 3-5 x 5-7 mm, broadly triangular, acuminate; petiole 5-10 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 5-18 x 2-8 cm, obovate, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, base cuneate or attenuate, apex obtuse or round, margin entire, glabrous above and pubescent and glaucous beneath; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath; intercostae reticulate, slender; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, white, 5 cm across, solitary, at the end of branchlets, dimorphic with large and sessile, small and stalked; calyx tube 1-1.2 x 0.3-0.4 cm, turbinate, silky pubescent at throat, lobes 5, suborbicular; corolla tube short, lobes 5, large, spreading, orbicular, hairy at mouth, imbricate; stamens 5; anthers linear; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style stout; stigma thick, 2 lobed. Fruit a berry, 4-5 x 2.5-3.5 cm, ovoid or ellipsoid, smooth, yellow; seeds smooth, compressed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Better represented in Chourakund, Rangubeli, Khandakheda localities |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Bark: astringent, emetic, abortifacient, analgesic, constipating and anti-septic. Fruits: bitter, acrid, thermogenic, anti-inflammatory, carminative. Root: aphrodisiac, diuretic, haematinic, tonic and cooling. anti-cancer |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: mannitol; leucoanthocyanidin; oleanolic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Oleanolic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://bioinfo.bisr.res.in/project/domap/plant_details.php?plantid=0138
- http://globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v21_2/13.pdf
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Divine%20Jasmine.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231317
- http://biosciencediscovery.com/Vol%209%20No%201/Jasbir%20Bagga97_99.pdf |
| 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 | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Rubiaceae - Madder family |
| Genus | : Xeromphis |
| Species | : Xeromphis ulignosa (Retz.) Mahesh. |