Ventilago denticulata Willd.
Ventilago denticulata Willd.
Ventilago denticulata Willd.
Ventilago denticulata Willd.
Ventilago denticulata Willd.
Ventilago denticulata Willd.
MC002 : Ventilago denticulata Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 80 |
| Synonym | : | Ventilago calyculata Tul.; Ventilago calyculata Tulasne; Ventilago calyculata var. trichoclada Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou.; Ventilago macrantha Tulasne.; Ventilago maderaspatana Roxb.; Ventilago madraspatana var. calyculata King.; Ventilago silhetiana M. Laws.; Ventilago smithiana Tul.; Ventilago sulphurea Tul.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kharbel, Chiwati, Raktapiti |
| Plant Family | : | Rahamnaceae |
| Description | : | Large, woody, climbing shrubs; branchlets green, pubescent; bark dark grey, smooth when young. Leaves 4-16 x 2.3-7.5 cm, obtuse or subacute at apex, oblique at base, crenate-serrate, rarely entire, pubescent, subcoriaceous; nerves 5-8 pairs, arcuate, camptodromous near the margin; petioles 3-14 mm in length, pubescent, channelled. Pariicles axillary or terminal, pubescent. Flowers pungent; pedicels 2-5 mm long. Calyx lobes deltoid, 2.8 mm long, hairy within. Petals spathulate, 1.5 mm long, truncate, obcordate or emarginate at apex. Stamens 1.5 mm long; connective prolonged. Disc 5-lobed, rarely 10-lobed,having depression or furrows. Ovary bicarpellary, hairy; stigmatic arms divergent. Samaras with median line single or often double from middle, 3.5-6 x 0.8-2 cm; fruit wing acute or obtuse or bifid or not at the apex. Seeds ovate or subglobose, 1.6.3 x 3-6 mm, black; seed chamber 6-10 mm in diam., pubescent outside. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Stream and River |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Stem bark—powdered and mixed with sesame oil, externally applied to skin diseases and sprains. Root bark—used for atonic dyspepsia, mild fever and debility. Sap—used for the treatment of deafness. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: friedelin; anthraquinones; Ventinones A ;Ventinones B; emodin; ventiloquinones; Lupeol; Beta-sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Lupeol; Beta-sitosterol; Friedelin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Rosales |
| Family | : Rahamnaceae |
| Genus | : Ventilago |
| Species | : Ventilago denticulata Willd. |