Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MC030 : Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle

Plant Category : Climbers

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 336

Synonym : Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso.; Argyreia alulata Miq.; Convolvulus anceps L.; Convolvulus turpethum L.; Ipomoea anceps (L.) Roem. & Schult.; Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R. Br.; Ipomoea turpethum var. anceps (L.) Miq; Operculina turpethum var. heterophylla Hallier f.; Spiranthera turpethum (L.) Bojer

Plant Common Name : Indian jalap, St. Thomas lidpod, transparent wood rose, turpeth root, white day glory, nisoth, pitohri, nisottar, nishotra, triputa, trivrutha,

Plant Family : Convolvulaceae

Description : It is perennial herbaceous, hairy vines growing 4 to 5 meter in length, endemic to India. It is commonly found in North Circars and Deccan region up to 3000 ft. The leaves are alternate, very variable in shape, ovate, oblong and truncate or cordate at the base. The flowers are large, axillary and solitary. Fruit is a capsule with conspicuous enlarged sepals and thickened pedicles.

Plant Location in Melghat : Bori Dhargad, Belkund

Medicinal Use / Activity : It is actually not a purgative but a mild laxative. It is useful in fevers, edema, ascites, anorexia, constipation, hepatosplenomegaly, hemorrhoids, cervical lymphadenitis, fistulas, constipation, chronic gout, fever, bronchitis, ulcers, hemorrhoids, tumors, obesity, jaundice, herpes, induce lacrimation, and other skin disorders.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Alpha-turpethein; Beta-turpethein; Turpethinic acid A; Turpethinic acid B; Turpethinic acid C; Turpethinic acid D; Turpethinic acid E; Coumarins; cycloartenol; lanosta-5-ene; 24-methylene-delta-5-lanosterol; Alpha-rhamnose; Beta-rhamnose; Beta-sitosterol; Lupeol; scopoletin; betulin; acrylamide; stigma-5,22dien-3-O-Beta-D-glucopyranoside; Beta-sitosterol-Beta-D-glucoside; 22,23-dihydro-alpha-spinosterol-Beta-D-glucoside; salicylic acid;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3):

Lupeol;

Beta-sitosterol;

Betulin;

Plant's Current Status : Not Common

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628523/

Reference : ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631

~ 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 :
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Merremia
Species : Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle

Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle
Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle
Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle