Polygala arvensis Willd.
MH010 : Polygala arvensis Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 20 |
| Synonym | : | Polygala brachystachya DC.;
Polygala chinensis auct. non Linn.: A.W. Bennett.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Phutani, Field Milkwort, Mirdoi, Sanjivani, |
| Plant Family | : | Polygalaceae |
| Description | : | Annual, pubescent, usually procumbent, 6-30 cm tall. Leaves obovate, linear-lanceolate, elliptic or linear, mucronate, 4-55 mm long, 1-7 mm board, + margin recurved. Racemes lateral, shorter than the leaves, dense, + truncate, 10-15 mm long. Bracts persistent, shorter than the pedicel. Sepals persistent; outer sepals ± equal, acute-acuminate, glabrous, broadly hyaline margined; inner sepals ovate-elliptic, acute-acuminate, oblique, falcate 3-5 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm broad, slightly enlarged in fruit, covering c. 1 /2 of the fruit, ciliate except at apex, 3-4 nerved, veinlets anastomosing. Lateral petals longer than keel; keel 4 mm long, crested. Capsule oblong-orbicular, emarginate, 3.5-5 mm long, 3-4 mm broad, glabrous, wing ± 0-0.25 mm, ciliate. Seeds oblong, pilose; strophiole 3-appendiculate, appendages minute. Fl. Per.: Aug.-Sept. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Frequent in open grasslands and fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Asthma, Chronic bronchitis and Catarrhal affections, anti-septic properties; used for fever and dizziness (Yusuf et al. 2009). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Chinensinaphthol; Suchilactone; Chisulactone; Helioxanthion;
Roots: arctigenin-4´-glucoside (arctiin); Kaempferol-3-rhamnoside (afzelin); Myricetin-3-rhamnoside; arctgenin-4´-gentiobioside; Rutin; haemolytic terpenoid saponins; Senegon; Senegin;
monoarylidene butyrolactone; arylnaphthalide lignans; iso-suchilactone; (Rastogi & Mehrotra 1993; Ghani, 2003). ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Rutin; Kaempferol; Myricetin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242339277 |
| Reference | : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ S. Srinivas Rao; "Ethno botanical study of medicinal plants of Sri Pancha Narasimha Swamy and Sri Matsyagiri Narasimha Swamy"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies (2015); 3(3): 37-42 PMID : ~ 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 ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ 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 | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Polygalaceae - Milkwort family |
| Genus | : Polygala |
| Species | : Polygala arvensis Willd. |