Maerua oblongifolia Forssk. (A.Rich.)
Maerua oblongifolia Forssk. (A.Rich.)
MC072 : Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A. Rich.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Capparis heteroclita Roxb.
Capparis heterogenea Roxb. ex Steud.
Capparis oblongifolia Forssk.
Crateva oblongifolia Spreng.
Maerua angustifolia A. Rich.
Maerua dasyura Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Maerua oblongifolia A. Rich.
Maerua ovalifolia (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.
Maerua rogeonii A.Chev.
Maerua scabra (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.
Maerua scebelensis Chiov.
Maerua virgata Gilg
Niebuhria arenaria DC.
Niebuhria oblongifolia DC.
Streblocarpus angustifolia (A. Rich.) Endl.
Streblocarpus oblongifolia (Forssk.) Endl.
Streblocarpus ovalifolia Endl. ex Walp.
Streblocarpus scabra Endl. ex Walp. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Desert Caper, Desert Maerua • Hindi: Hemkand • Gujarati: Vika • Telugu: Morinika • Tamil: Bhumichakkarai |
| Plant Family | : | Capparaceae |
| Description | : | a climbing shurb, growing up to 3 m long, commonly found growing wild in scrubland. Leaves are oblong-ovate, 2-4.5 cm long, 0.7-2.5 cm broad, entire. Flowers are usually in dense, corymb-like racemes, greenish-white, flower-stalklate. They look beautiful with mainly the greenish stamens radiating out. Sepals 4, ovate-elliptic, pointed or slightly tapering. Fruit cylindrical, 3-8 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, torulose or irregularly many knotted, pale brown, often somewhat twisted. A very variable species with regards to hairiness and size of leaves. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | used to cure various diseases such as fever, stomach ache, skin infections, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy and abdominal colic. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosids |
| Order | : Capparales |
| Family | : Capparaceae |
| Genus | : Maerua |
| Species | : Maerua oblongifolia Forssk. (A.Rich.) |