Indoneesiella echioides
MH205 : Indoneesiella echioides (L.) Sreemadh
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 389 |
| Synonym | : | Andrographis echioides (L.) Nees;
Erianthera echioides (L.) M.R.Almeida;
Eriathera lobelioides Nees;
Justicia echioides L.;
Neesiella echioides (L.) Sreemadh.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Pandhar Pheda, False Waterwillow, Kalukariyatun, Pitumba, Ranchimani, lavalata, Gopuram tangi, Kadu Jadi, |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Erect herbs, 10-50 cm high. Whole plant villous. Leaves opposite decussate, 3-5 x 0.6-1.8 cm, elliptic oblong, obtuse to round at apex, attenuate at base. Inflorescence axillary, short unilateral racemes, simple or 1-2 branched, as long as or shorter than leaves. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes 0.8-1 cm long, linear. Corolla tube 0.8-1 cm long, white, 2-lipped; lip with violet blotches; upper lip 2-lobed, 0.6-0.8 cm long, lower c. 0.8 cm long, 3-lobed. Stamens 2; filaments broad, hairy at base; anthers 2-celled. Style slender; stigma 2-fid. Capsules 0.8-1.2 cm long, 0.25-0.3 cm wide, compressed, broadened towards tip, attenuate at base, sparsely hairy towards tip. Seeds 0.15-0.2 cm across, black, pitted without; retinacula spiny. Flowering: March-June, October-December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | goitre, liver diseases, fertility problems,bacterial, malarial & fungal disorders; fevers; influenza, malaria, dyspepsia and respiratory diseases; The leaf juice is mixed and boiled with
coconut oils used to control falling and greying of hair. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Daidzein; androgechoside A; androgechoside B; Eicosanoic acid; Butanoic acid; Hexadecanoic acid; Beta-sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Daidzein; |
| 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/228739 |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Indoneesiella |
| Species | : Indoneesiella echioides |