Nicandra physaloides (L.) Scop.
Nicandra physaloides (L.) Scop.
Nicandra physaloides (L.) Scop.
MH170 : Nicandra physaloides (L.) Scop.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 342 |
| Synonym | : | Atropa physalodes L.;
Physalodes physalodes (L.) Britton, nom. inval.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Apple of peru, Gumtae, Apple Of Peru, Shoefly Plant, Shoofly Plant, |
| Plant Family | : | Solanaceae |
| Description | : | Shoo-Fly Plant, is a coarse, erect annual that is native to Peru. The large alternate leaves reach up to 1 foot long and somewhat resemble Datura leaves. Plants will reach 3 to 8 feet in height and are about half as wide. They can become very weedy and have become a noxious weed in the tropics. All parts of the plant are poisonous and care should be taken in using in the landscape. In mid-spring, the plants are adorned with 1½ inch solitary violet bell-shaped flowers with white centers. After successful pollination, a globose fruit forms inside the persistent calyx, resembling a tomatilla. Shoofly Plant is best propagated from seed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On Chikhaldara & Vairat |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Diuretic, sedative, cough, amoebiasis, anti-pyretic, constipation, laxative, analgesic, anthelmintic, anti-biotic, anti-inflammatory, toothache;
Leaf juice given in amoebic dysentery (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Withanolide; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| 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/Shoofly%20Plant.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33196 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Solanaceae - Potato family |
| Genus | : Nicandra Adans. - nicandra |
| Species | : Nicandra physaloides (L.) Scop. |