Physalis minima L.
Physalis minima L.
Physalis minima L.
MH173 : Physalis minima L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 345 |
| Synonym | : | Physalis divaricata D. Don.;
Physalis indica var. microcarpa Nees.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Little Gooseberry, Rasbhari, Chirpati, Ban Tipariya, Pipat, Nanvachivel, Chirboti, Ran-popti, |
| Plant Family | : | Solanaceae |
| Description | : | A diffuse annual from 15-45 cm tall, subglabrous to pubescent. Leaves 3-8 5(-11) x 1.5-4 (-7) cm, ovate. sinuate, repand or sinuate-dentate to subentire, acute or acuminate, base cordate to oblique. Petiole up to 40 mm long, slender. Flowers solitary axillary. Pedicel less than 10 mm long, somewhat elongating in fruit. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, campanulate. inflated, globular-avoid, membranous and up to 25 mm in fruit, pubescent. Corolla 5 mm long, shortly tubular, yellow; lobes acute, pubescent. Stamens subincluded. Anthers c. 1 mm long; filaments ± 2 mm long. Ovary 1.1 mm long. ovoid. Style linear, stigma subcapitate. Berry globose, 10 mm broad, orange. Seeds c. 2 mm long, subreniform, compressed; minutely reticulate-undulate. brownish-yellow.
Fl. Per.: August-October, later in the plains. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant has been used as a diuretic for various urinary problems. There seems to be no scientific data to support this. Its use for bladder problems may go back to the doctrine of signatures. Physalis is the Greek word for bladder. diuretic, purgative, analgesic, anthelmentic, febrifuge, vermifuge, abortificient,antifertility, hypoglycemic, cytotoxic, anti-ulcer, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti-malarial, amylase, |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Palmitic acid; Stearic acid; Oleic acid; Linoleic acid; withanone; withaferin A; withanolide A; stigmasterol;
Beta-sitosterol; Physalin A; Physalin B; Physalin C; Physalin D; Physalin E; Withanone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Withaferin A; Stigmasterol; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242424356
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283915850
- https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d209/e567b7b22be62a71106a3af4926e28606597.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 minima L. |