Justicia procumbens
Justicia procumbens
Justicia procumbens
MH207 : Justicia procumbens L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 391 |
| Synonym | : | Justicia procumbens Wall.;
Justicia procumbens var. simplex (D. Don) Yamazaki;
Rostellaria procumbens Nees.;
Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Nees.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sokambe Zara, Water Willow, Karambal, Pitpapada, Kalmashi, arm, knteyu, kotakacalai, kukkurm, Ghati Pitpapad, Bisaaune Jhaar, Khursaani Jhaar, Phuli Jhaar |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Annual, diffusely branched, up to 30 cm, herb with procumbent to ascending strigose-hispid, sulcate branches. Leaves on c. 5 mm long petioles; lamina lanceolate-elliptic, 1-2 (-3) x 0.5-1 (-1.2) cm, scabrid above, glabrescent strigose hairy beneath, entire, acute at base and apex, drying dark green. Inflorescence a terminal, up to 2.5 cm long spike. Flower pink, c. 10 mm long; bracts obovate, c. 4 mm long, midrib broad, scarious-ciliate on margins; bracteoles lanceolate, slightly longer and broader than bracts, margins narrowly scarious-ciliate, acute. Calyx 4-lobed, rarely a 5th rudimentary lobe present, lobes lanceolate, c. 4 mm long, subequal, margins scarious-ciliate, acute. Corolla tube c. 3.5 mm long, narrow, upper lip nearly as long as tube, slightly notched; lower lip ± orbicular, c. 6 mm long, puberulous outside, 3-lobed. Staminal filaments c. 3 mm long, anthers oblong, c. 0.7 mm long. Ovary oblong, pubescent; style filiform, c. 4 mm long, Capsule oblong, as long as style, sparsely hairy, pointed. Seeds ± ovate, c. 1 mm long.
Fl. Per.: December-March. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is alterative, anthelmintic, antiphlogistic, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge and laxative. A decoction or an infusion is used in the treatment of asthma, cough, backache, flatulence and many skin conditions. anti-HIV; anti-viral; anti-cancer; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Aryl naphthalide lignans; hirsutrin; isorhamnetin-3-O-beta-D-rutinoside; tachioside; vanillic acid; ferulic acid; deoxyuridine; adenine; procumbenoside F; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Rutin; Isorhamnetin; Ferulic 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=242327616
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Water%20Willow.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250265
- http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL_ZCYA201305029.htm |
| Reference | : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ Youm J, Lee H, Chang HB, Jeon J, Yoon MH, Woo JY, Choi MS, Hwang Y, Seong S, Na K, Yoon J; "Justicia procumbens Extract (DW2008) Selectively Suppresses Th2 Cytokines in Splenocytes and Ameliorates Ovalbumin-Induced Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Asthma"; Biol Pharm Bull (2017); 40(9): 1416-1422 PMID : 28867724 ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ 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 | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Justicia L. - water-willow |
| Species | : Justicia procumbens |