Kickxia ramosissima (L.) Dumort.
Kickxia ramosissima (L.) Dumort.
Kickxia ramosissima (L.) Dumort.
Kickxia ramosissima (L.) Dumort.
MH179 : Kickxia ramosissima (L.) Dumort.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 353 |
| Synonym | : | Kickxia ramosissima (Wall.) Janchen;
Linaria ramosissima Wall.;
Elatinoides ramosissima (Walter) Kuntze;
Nanorrhinum ramosissimum (Wall.) Betsche; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Branched Cancerwort, Branched Fluellen, Banwel |
| Plant Family | : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Description | : | Perennial prostrate herbs, slightly pubescent. Leaves variable, shallowly 3-lobed, to 2 x 1 cm, acute, upper leaves hastate, membranous; petiole 1 cm, filiform. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicel filiform, 1.5 to 2 cm; calyx lobes 4 mm, linear, imbricate; corolla spurred at base, spur 1.5 mm, bilabiate, 7 mm long, upper 3-lobed, lower 2-lobed, yellow; stamens didynamous, included; ovary 4 mm, stigma minute, ovary globose. Capsule many seeded. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | It is used for a number of ailments, for instance as diuretic, against kidney stones, fever and rheumatism and during management of snake and scorpion bites; diabetic and inflammatory conditions |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: d-mannitol; Kickxiasine; Mussaenosidic acid; Mussaenoside; Linarioside; Pectolinarigenin; Pectolinarin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230154
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410595/ |
| 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 | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family |
| Genus | : Kickxia Dumort. - cancerwort |
| Species | : Kickxia ramosissima (L.) Dumort. |