Pimpinella monoica
Pimpinella monoica
Pimpinella monoica
MH091 : Pimpinella monoica Dalzell
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 221 |
| Synonym | : | Pimpinella wallichiana (Miq.) K.N. Gandhi.;
Helosciadium wallichianum Miq. ex Hohen.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Apiaceae / Umbelliferae |
| Description | : | Erect herbs, 40-75 cm tall, stems simple below, branched above; stem and branches terete, faintly striate, often reddish-purple tinged, glabrous, young parts thinly pubescent. Lower cauline leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; lateral leaflets simple or secondarily pinnately trifoliate; petioles 3-6 cm long, sheathing, sparsely ciliate on margins; leaflets 2.6 x 0.8-3.2 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sparsely hairy, sharply serrate; petiolules 0.4-2.0 cm long, glabrous or so; secondary leaflets of lateral leaflets sessile; upper leaves often cut into numerous, linear segments or reduced to sheaths. Flowers dull white, in terminal compound umbels; primary rays 10-15, 1.0-3.5 cm long, glabrous or nearly so, slender, peduncles 2.5-8.0 cm long. Fruits ± 0.2 cm long, ovoid, pellucid-granulate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Among tall grasses on chikhaldara, vairat, Makhala plateaux at higher elevations |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Pimolin; khellin; visnagin; visamminol; ammiol; khellol; bornyl acetate; beta-caryophyllene; limonene; furocoumarin; isopimpenellin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Caryophyllene; Beta-caryophyllene; Bornyl acetate; Limonene; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960894X01804030
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24427962
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226123
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02841922 |
| Reference | : | ~ 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 | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Apiales |
| Family | : Apiaceae / Umbelliferae - Carrot family |
| Genus | : Pimpinella |
| Species | : Pimpinella monoica |