Mollugo pentaphylla L. - mollugo
Mollugo pentaphylla L. - mollugo
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 216 |
Synonym | : | Mollugo stricta L.;
Pharnaceum pentaphyllum (L.) Spreng.;
Pharnaceum strictum (L.) Spreng.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Five Leaved Carpetweed, Mollugo, jharasi, jharasi, Sarsalida, |
Plant Family | : | Molluginaceae |
Description | : | Annual up to 24 cm tall. Stem and branches slender, glabrous. Leaves cauline and ramal, pseudo-verticillate, 1.2-4.0 cm long, 1.5 mm broad, elliptic lanceolate. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long, elliptic ovate. Stamens 5, antisepalous, c. 1.2 mm long; filaments dilated at the base, anthers less than 1 mm long, basifixed, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary sub-globose, c. 1.5 mm broad, Fruit c. 9 mm broad, membranous. Seed less than 1 mm long, granulate, dark brown. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Abundant on moist surface in open grassesland, fields stream and river beds,along roadsides |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is anti-pyretic, anti-septic, appetizer, emmenagogue, laxative and stomachic. The plant is a component of an important folk medicine in Taiwan, which is used as an anti-cancer, anti-toxic and diuretic agent. The leaves are used to make a soup that is said to promote the appetite. They are also used to treat sprue and mouth infections. A decoction of the roots is used to treat eye diseases. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Mollugogenol A; Mollugogenol B; Beta-amyrin; Mollugogenol D; oleanolic acid; Beta-sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Oleanolic Acid; |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230394
- http://www.ebbd.info/mollugo_pentaphylla.html
- http://impactfactor.org/PDF/IJPPR/8/IJPPR,Vol8,Issue6,Article26.pdf |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Caryophyllidae |
Order | : Caryophyllales |
Family | : Molluginaceae - Carpet-weed family |
Genus | : Mollugo L. - carpetweed |
Species | : Mollugo pentaphylla L. - mollugo |