Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.)DC.
Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.)DC.
Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.)DC.
Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.)DC.
MC011 : Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 151 |
| Synonym | : | Hedysarum tuberosum Willd.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ghorbel,K-Bharda, Indian kudzu, Nepalese kudzu, bankumara, bilayi kand, bendarvel, bharda, bhuikohala, dari, ghodvel, vidari |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | A perennial twiner; root tuberous; young branches grey pubescent. Leaf pinnately trifoliolate, petiole 10-20 cm long; leaflets 12.5-20.0 cm long, 11.0-17.5 cm broad, the terminal leaflet broadly ovate, equal sided, acuminate, the lateral leaflet ovate-oblong, very oblique, acuminate, silky pubescent below, glabrescent above; stipels small; stipules c. 5 mm long. Inflorescence an axillary or terminal raceme or panicle. Pedicel 2-3 mm long. Bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx 6-8 mm long, densely silky, teeth shorter than the tube, the 2 upper teeth connate. Corolla blue. Vexillum c. 12.5 mm long and broad, auricled at the base. Fruit 5-7.5 cm long, constricted between the seeds, densely pilose, hairs brown, silky, 3-6-seeded. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Koktu valley and chikhaldara,Dhakna, Semadoh Ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | In chest pain two pills made from powdered tuber mixed with sugar are taken twice a day for 4-5 days. To cure weakness boiled roots are eaten twice a day for three weeks. The root is emetic, galactagogue and tonic. It is used to treat renal complaints and as a demulcent and refrigerant in the treatment of fevers. Applied externally, it is peeled and bruised to make a cataplasm, which is used to reduce swellings. It is crushed and rubbed on the body in the treatment of fevers and rheumatism. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Puerarin; Genistein; Daidzein; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Daidzein; Genistein; Puerarin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2014.928291 |
| Reference | : | ~ 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 | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Pueraria |
| Species | : Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.)DC. |