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   MH172 : Physalis longifolia Nutt.

Plant Category : Herbs
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 344
Synonym : Physalis heterophylla var. sonorae (Torr.) Waterf.; Physalis longifolia var. sonorae (Torr.) Waterf.; Physalis pumila var. sonorae Torr.; Physalis rigida Pollard & Ball; Physalis virginiana var. sonorae (Torr.) Waterf.;
Plant Common Name : common groundcherry, longleaf groundcherry, wild tomatillo,

Plant Family : Solanaceae
Description : This perennial herbaceous plant is up to 3½' tall, but it is usually only 1¼–2½' tall. Smooth Ground Cherry branches frequently, creating a bushy appearance. Some of the lower branches may sprawl along the ground, otherwise they are ascending. The stems are light green or light purplish green, more or less angular, and glabrous to sparsely short-pubescent. Leaves occur throughout the length of these stems; they are alternate to nearly opposite. The leaves are up to 5" long and 3" across, although they are usually closer to one-half of this size; they are yellowish green to dark green and broadly lanceolate to oval-ovate in shape. The leaf margins are entire (toothless) and often slightly undulate; sometimes they have 1-2 shallow rounded lobes. The leaf bases are rounded and often oblique (one-half of a leaf base extending lower than the other). The upper leaf surface is glabrous or nearly so. The lower leaf surface is also glabrous or nearly so, except along the undersides of the major veins, where it is short-pubescent. Leaf venation is pinnate with slightly incurved lateral veins. The petioles are ¼–¾" long, light green, and glabrous to sparsely short-pubescent. Solitary drooping flowers develop from the axils of the middle to upper leaves, especially where the stems dichotomously branch. The slender pedicels of these flowers are ¾–1" long, light green to light purplish green, and sparsely short-pubescent.
Plant Location in Melghat : -
Medicinal Use / Activity : antitumor, cytotoxic, anti-proliferative activity;

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Withalongolide A; Withalongolide B; Withalongolide C; Withalongolide D; Withalongolide E; Withalongolide F; Withalongolide G; Withalongolide H; Withalongolide I; Withalongolide J; Withalongolide K; Withalongolide L; Withalongolide M; Withalongolide N; Withanolide A; Withanolide B; Withanolide C; Withanolide D; Withanolide E; Withanolide F; Withanolide G; Withanolide H; Withanolide I; Withanolide J; Withanolide K; Withanolide L; Withanolide M; Withanolide N; Withaferin A; 2,3-dihydrowithaferin A; Sitoindoside IX; Viscosalactone B;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2):

Withaferin A;

Viscosalactone B;

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142
Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/sg_cherryx.htm - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226118 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22098611 - http://kindscher.faculty.ku.edu/wp_content/uploads/2016/03/Physalis_longifolia.pdf
Reference : ~ Grover A, Shandilya A, Punetha A, Bisaria VS and Sundar D; "Inhibition of the NEMO/IKKbeta association complex formation, a novel mechanism associated with the NF-kappaB activation suppression by Withania somnifera's key metabolite withaferin A"; BMC Genomics (2010); 11(2): S25 PMID : 21143809

~ 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 : Asteridae
Order : Solanales
Family : Solanaceae - Potato family
Genus : Physalis L. - groundcherry
Species : Physalis longifolia Nutt.

Physalis longifolia Nutt.
Physalis longifolia Nutt.
Physalis longifolia Nutt.
Physalis longifolia Nutt.
Physalis longifolia Nutt.
Physalis longifolia Nutt.