Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MT125 : Mussaenda frondosa L.

Plant Category : Tree

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam.; Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham.; Mussaenda dovinia Buch.-Ham.; Mussaenda flavescens Buch.-Ham.; Mussaenda formosa L., nom. illeg.; Mussaenda fruticosa L.; Mussaenda ingrata Wall. ex Hook.f.; Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz, nom. illeg.; Mussaenda sumatrensis B.Heyne ex Roth; Mussaenda tomentosa Wight ex Hook.f., pro syn.; Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. ex Hook.f., nom. illeg.;

Plant Common Name : Dhobi Tree, flag bush, white flag, white lady, white rag plant, wild mussaenda • Bengali: nagaballi • Hindi: bedina • Kannada: bellotti • Konkani: sarvadi • Malayalam: vellila • Marathi: bhutakesha, sarvad • Sanskrit: shrivati • Tamil: velli-matantai

Plant Family : RUBIACEAE

Description : Straggling shrubs; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 6-10 x 4-6 cm, broadly ovate, base rounded, caudate acuminate at apex, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; petiole to 1.5 cm long; stipules 3-4 mm long, ovate, bifid at apex. Cymes terminal, lax, tomentose. Flowers 5-merous. Bracts and bracteoles linear, 1-1.5 cm, hairy. Calyx-lobes 5, 0.8-1 cm long, lanceolate, hairy, one of the calyx lobes transformed into a showy, white, pubescent, leaf-like structure, 8-12 x c. 4.5 cm. Corolla 2.5-3 cm long, funnel-shaped dialated above middle, orange-red or yellow, tomentose outside, villous at mouth; lobes 6-7 mm long, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 5, included or exserted. Berry c. 1 cm across, globose.

Plant Location in Melghat :

Medicinal Use / Activity : The juice of the plant is used to treat eye infections. A decoction of the leaves is used to rid the body of intestinal worms. The root is used as a treatment for leprosy. The juice of the roots, combined with about 10% by volume of cow's urine, is used in the treatment of jaundice. The juice is also used to treat blemishes on the tongue; The juice of the bark is used in the treatment of body ache, Diarrhea and dysentery. The flowers are diuretic. They are used in the treatment of cough.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Daucosterol; ferulic acid; isoquercitin; quercetin; SINAPIC ACID;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2):

Quercetin;

Ferulic acid;

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book

Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Rubiales
Family : Rubiaceae - Madder family
Genus : Mussaenda L.
Species : Mussaenda frondosa sensu G. Forst., non L.

Mussaenda frondosa sensu G. Forst., non L.
Mussaenda frondosa sensu G. Forst., non L.
Mussaenda frondosa sensu G. Forst., non L.
Mussaenda frondosa sensu G. Forst., non L.