Chlorophytum laxum R. Br.
Chlorophytum laxum R. Br.
MH165 : Chlorophytum laxum R. Br.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Anthericum bichetii Backer, pro syn.;
Anthericum parviflorum (Wight) Benth.;
Chlorophytum abyssinicum Kotschy & Peyr.;
Chlorophytum acaule Baker;
Chlorophytum bichetii Backer;
Chlorophytum falcatum Baker;
Chlorophytum javanicum (Hassk.) M.R.Almeida;
Chlorophytum laxiflorum Baker, nom. illeg.;
Chlorophytum laxum f. javanicum (Hassk.) Backer;
Chlorophytum parviflorum Dalzell.;
Chlorophytum xerotinum F.Muell.;
Nolina javanica Hassk.;
Phalangium laxum (R.Br.) F.Muell.;
Phalangium parviflorum Wight.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bhoomi Sakkare, Bichetii Grass, Siam Lily, False Lily Turf, Wheat Plant, |
| Plant Family | : | Liliaceae |
| Description | : | Leaves 10-25 x 0.8 cm, linear-oblong, acute, glabrous, bifarious; sheath open. Racemes 10-20 cm long, slender. Flowers paired at nodes; pedicel 8 mm long, jointed at the middle; tepals 2 x 1 mm, oblong, chartaceous, white; ovary 3-lobed, ovules one in each cell, stigma terminal, entire. Capsule 5 x 6 mm, 3-lobed; seeds 2.5 x 2 mm, reniform, rugose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Belkund |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | eaten while the roots are used as traditional medicine to treat Diarrhea and dysentery and also used as demulcent and galactogogue. treatment of Piles, Astringent, |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027596
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| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : ~ 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 : ~ Sharada Laxman Deore, Neha Brijmohan Jajoo, Kailaspati Prabhakar Chittam and Tushar Atmaram Deshmukh; "Comparative Pharmacognostic, Phytochemical and Biological evaluation between five Chlorophytum species"; Pharmacognosy Journal (2015); 7(5): 317-325 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 | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Liliaceae - Lily family |
| Genus | : Chlorophytum ker Gawl. - chlorophytum |
| Species | : Chlorophytum laxum R. Br. |