Polygala elongata Klein ex Willd.
MH011 : Polygala elongata Klein ex Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 21 |
| Synonym | : | Polygala glomerata Lour. Polygala glaucoides L.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Narrow-Leaved Milkwort, Peria-nankai, Periya nangai |
| Plant Family | : | Polygalaceae |
| Description | : | Narrow-Leaved Milkwort is a small annual herb, growing up to 15-40 cm tall. Fresh roots are aromatic. Branches are slender and hairless. Alternately arranged leaves are stalkless, linear-oblong, 2-4 cm long, blunt-tipped with narrow point at the tip. Yellow flowers arise in racemes, 6-20 cm long, in leaf axils. Flowers are shaped somewhat like pea flowers. Capsule is oblong, unequal sided. Flowering: August-September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Frequent among tall grasses on forest floor |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | anti-diabetic |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - 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://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Narrow Leaved%20Milkwort.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 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 elongata Klein ex Willd. |