Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
MC021 : Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 212 |
| Synonym | : | Cucumis maderaspatanus L.; Bryonia cordifolia L.; (=) Bryonia scabrella L.; (=) Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn.; (?) Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn.; (=) Mukia scabrella (L.) Arn.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K-Kawala, Dhakuch, bristly bryony, Madras pea pumpkin, rough bryony, bilari, musmusa, paripushkara, pindila, setu, chirati |
| Plant Family | : | Cucurbitaceae |
| Description | : | Perennial, monoecious, climbing or trailing up to 3 m; stem bristly-hairy. Tendrils simple, filiform. Leaves sagittate, hastate, subtriangular to ovate in outline, usually ± cordate, (12-) 15-90 (-100) mm long, and about as broad, ± 5-lobed to almost unlobed, sinuate-dentate to irregularly lobulate-dentate, scabrid; middle lobe longest, triangular; lateral lobes ovate-triangular; petiole 3-80 mm long. Flowers on 1-3 mm long pedicels; calyx tube 1-2 mm long, lobes 1 mm long; petals 1-2 x 1-1.2 mm. Berries 1-7, subsessile, axillary, clustered, subglobose, scarlet, smooth, glabrous, bristly when young, 5-11 mm in diameter. Seeds ovate, c. twice as long as broad. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Amoung grasses on forest floor in fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | anti-oxidant, Hepatoprotective, Anti-rheumatic, diuretic, stomachic (a digestive tonic), gentle aperient,
anti-pyretic and Anti-flatulent, Anti-asthmatic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and Anti-bronchitis, is used for tooth-ache besides its use in vertigo and biliousness |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Roots: Columbin;
Seed Oil: Linoleic acid, Oleic acid,
Palmitic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | T.S. Nayar, A.R Beegam, N. Mohanan and G. Rajkumar, A hand Book of Flowering Plants of Kerala, Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, p. 210 (2006).
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| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Cucurbitales |
| Family | : Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family |
| Genus | : Mukia |
| Species | : Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem. |