Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH215 : Rungia repens (L.) Nees

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 400

Synonym : Adhatoda spicata Burm. ex Steud.; Diapedium repens (L.) Kuntze.; Dicliptera repens (L.) Juss.; Justicia repens L.;

Plant Common Name : Creeping Rungia, Kharmor, Ghati-pitpapra, Kodaga Saleh, Parpatha

Plant Family : Acanthaceae

Description : Decumbent herbs. Leaves 3-5 x 1.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute at both ends, puberulus; petiole to 0.5 mm. Spike to 6 mm, terminal; bracts 4-farious, 2 rows barren, similar to 7 x 3 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, thinly pubescent, margin scarious; bracteoles ca 4 x 0.7 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate; calyx 3.5 x 5 mm, lobes 5, subequal, lanceolate; corolla to 5 x 2 mm, pinkish with white striations; stamens 2, on the throat of the corolla tube, filaments puberulus, anthers cells unequal, appendaged; ovary globose, 1 mm, puberulus, style hairy, stigma hispid. Capsule to 5 mm, elliptic-oblong, pubescent; seeds suborbicular.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : The herb is dried and pulverized for use in the treatment of cough and fever; it is also credited with vermifugal and diuretic properties. Fresh, bruised leaves are mixed with castor oil and applied to scalp to cure Tinea capitis, a scaly fungoid infection, usually occurring amongst children.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: luteolin; chrysoeriol; isosalipurposide;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2):

Luteolin;

Chrysoeriol;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038304/ - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231025

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 : Lamiales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Rungia L.
Species : Rungia repens

Rungia repens
Rungia repens
Rungia repens