Teramnus labialis (L. f.) Spreng. - blue wiss
Teramnus labialis (L. f.) Spreng. - blue wiss
Teramnus labialis (L. f.) Spreng. - blue wiss
MC012 : Teramnus labialis (L. f.) Spreng.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 159 |
| Synonym | : | Glycine labialis L. f.; Glycine parviflora Zollinger ex Miq.; Kennedya arabica Hochst. ex Benth.; Kennedya arabica Benth. [Spelling variant]; Bujacia gampsonychia E.Mey.; Glycine abyssinica A.Rich.; Glycine debilis Aiton; Glycine debilis [Dryander in] Aiton; Glycine gampsonychia (E.Mey.) Walp.; Glycine meyeri Benth.; Glycine parviflora Lam.; Glycine pentandra Spreng.; Glycine subonensis Hayata; Glycine warreensis Dalzell; Teramnus angustifolius Merr.; Teramnus axilliflorus sensu Hauman; Teramnus debilis (Aiton) Prain; Teramnus parviflorus (Lam.) Spreng.; Teramnus repens "sensu Hauman, p.p.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ran Udid, |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Extremely variable perennial, twining or prostrate, trailing, some forms stoloniferous, sometimes woody at the base. Stems 0.3-3 m long, slender, often covered with adpressed to spreading white to ferruginous hairs, sometimes glabrescent. Leaflets rounded, elliptic, ovate, obovate, narrowly oblong or lanceolate, (1-) 3-6 (-8) cm long, (0.5-) 2-3.5 (-5) cm wide, emarginate to acuminate at the apex, mostly rounded at the base, glabrous to densely covered with white or ferruginous hairs on both surfaces; petioles 0.9-4 cm long; rachis 1-9 mm long; petiolules ( 2 mm long; stipules narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 mm long. Inflorescence a slender raceme, with few to many flowers along the 0.3-10 cm long rachis; peduncle 0.8-3 cm long. Calyx tube glabrescent or hairy, ribbed, 1-3 mm long, lobes lanceolate, 0.8-3 mm long, acute, usually densely hairy; standard white, pink or mauve, cream to pale salmon, sometimes with deeper coloured splash, obovate, 5 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Pods linear, 2.5-6 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, glabrescent to densely covered with adpressed or spreading hairs; beak 2-3 mm long; 7-12 seeds/pod. Seeds yellow-brown to dark purplish-brown, oblong or almost cylindrical, smooth or covered with a granular encrustation, 2-3 mm long, 1.2-2 mm across; hilum minute, aril slightly developed, white with a small scale-like extension. 110,000-370,000 seeds/kg. Most clearly distinguished from morphologically similar species of Glycine and Neonotonia by the distinctly curved tip on the pod of Teramnus. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Frequent along borders of fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | used for treating fatigue, muscle wasting, Vata and Pitta imbalance disorders, bleeding disorders etc. Used in rheumatism, tuberculosis, nervous affections, haemoptysis and catarrh. Fruits astringent, stomachic and febrifuge. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Vitexin; Bergenin; Daidzin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/88c2/e5e69466bb31cff41258bc0a3290a30ca477.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 | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Teramnus P. Br. - teramnus |
| Species | : Teramnus labialis (L. f.) Spreng. - blue wiss |