Canscora decurrens Dalz.
Canscora decurrens Dalz.
Canscora decurrens Dalz.
Canscora decurrens Dalz.
Canscora decurrens Dalz.
MH146 : Canscora decurrens Dalz.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 304 |
| Synonym | : | Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.;
Canscora diffusa var. tetraptera V.N. Naik & D.S. Pokle;
Canscora divaricata Miq. ex C. B. Cl.;
Canscora foliosa D. Don;
Canscora khandalensis Santapau;
Canscora kirkii N. E. Br.;
Canscora lancifolia Miq. ex C. B. Cl.;
Canscora lauri C. B. Cl.;
Canscora lawii Wight;
Canscora pauciflora Dals.;
Canscora rubiflora X.X. Chen;
Canscora tenella Wall.;
Cobamba dichotoma Blanco;
Exacum diffusum (Vahl) Willd.;
Exacum erectum Roth;
Exacum tenellum Herb. Madr. ex Wall.;
Flemingia virgata Roxb. ex Wall.;
Gentiana diffusa Vahl;
Orthostemon erectum R. Br.;
Orthostemon huegelii Griseb.;
Orthostemon kirkii N. E. Br.;
Pladera virgata Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kilwar, Kilwar, Bhuin neem |
| Plant Family | : | Gentianaceae |
| Description | : | Stem 4-angular. Lower leaves 2 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, petiolate; upper ones ovate, sessile, 3-ribbed, glabrous. Cymes terminal; bracts ovate. Flowers many; pedicel 1 cm long, filiform; calyx 6 mm long, wingless, 5-toothed, glabrous; corolla white, 9 mm long, tube cylindrical, lobes lanceolate, acute; two stamens fertile, two sterile. Capsule 5 mm long, linear-oblong. Flowering: October-November. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along moist gullies, soft muddy banks |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The Plant is used as a nerve tonic. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: free xanthones; xanthone glucosides; (-)-loliolide; methoxyxanthones; hydroxyxanthones; Beta-amyrin; friedelin; gentianine; xanthones; mangiferin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Friedelin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kilwar.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229033
- http://www.mpbd.info/plants/canscora diffusa.php |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Gentianaceae - Gentian family |
| Genus | : Canscora |
| Species | : Canscora decurrens Dalz. |