Justicia prostrata
Justicia prostrata
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 392 |
Synonym | : | Rostellularia prostrata; |
Plant Common Name | : | K-Sokamble Zara, Prostrate Justicia |
Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
Description | : | Erect or prostrate herbs, stem puberulus. Leaves to 1.7 x 1 cm, ovate, apex obtuse or acute, base rounded, nerves 4 pairs; petiole 7 mm long. Spikes 1.5 cm long, terminal, cylindrical to ovoid; bracts and bracteoles similar, 2 mm long. Flowers lax; calyx lobes 3 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous; corolla 4 mm long, white, glabrous; ovary glabrous. Capsule 3 mm long, glabrous; seeds triangular, rugose, puberulus, reddish brown. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | treatment of fever, pain, inflammation, diabetes, Diarrhea and liver diseases. They also possess anti-tumoral, anti-viral, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Prostalidin A; Prostalidin B;
Prostalidin C; Retrochinensin;
Justicidin E; 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/262738
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Prostrate%20Justicia.html |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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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 prostrata |