Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene - turkey tangle fogfruit
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene - turkey tangle fogfruit
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene - turkey tangle fogfruit
MH216 : Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 406 |
| Synonym | : | Blairia nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.;
Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.;
Lippia nodiflora var. normalis Kuntze, nom. inval.;
Platonia nodiflora (L.) Raf.;
Verbena nodiflora L.;
Zappania nodiflora (L.) Lam.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Capeweed, Frog Fruit, Turkey tangle, Creeping Lip Plant, Lippia, Jal buti, Jalpapli, Chinglengbi, Jalapimpali, Podutalei, Nirtippali, Bokkena, Nelahippali, Adali, Kurkure jhar |
| Plant Family | : | Verbenaceae |
| Description | : | Prostrate herbs, rooting at nodes. Leaves 1-3 x 0.8-1.5 cm, obovate-spathulate or oblanceolate, sometimes elliptic or cuneiform, base cuneate, margin sharply serrate above the middle, apex rounded or obtuse, fleshy, glabrescent to appressed pubescent; petiole to 8 mm long, decurrent. Flowers 5-merous, sessile, aggregated in axillary, globose-capitate or elongate, cylindric, stalked spikes, 1-2.5 cm long when mature and 6-9 mm across; peduncle solitary in eachaxil, 1.5-6 cm long. Bracts small, closely imbricate, obovate. Calyx cupular, aboutequalling the corolla tube, deeply 2-cleft; lobes lanceolate. Corolla pink to white, 2-2.5 mm long, salver-form, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, emarginate, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included. Drupe c. 2 mm long, enclosing two, 1-celled pyrenes. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is anodyne, anti-bacterial, astringent, carminative, deobstruent, diuretic, emmenagogue, emollient, febrifuge, parasiticide and refrigerant. It is said to be useful in the treatment of blenorrhoea, lithiasis, ischuria, constipation and pain in the knees. It is used in the treatment of hookworm. An infusion is drunk as a post-partum tonic. The juice of the plant is cooling and is used to relieve minor gastric troubles, fevers, coughs and colds. The aroma of the inhaled plant is breathed in to treat coughs and colds. A poultice of the fresh plant is applied to ripen boils. A paste or poultice is also applied to swollen cervical glands, to erysipelas, burns, and to chronic indolent ulcers. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Nodifloretin; Beta-sitosterol; Stigmasterol; Nodifloridin A; Nodifloridin B; Lippiflorin A; Lippiflorin B; Nepetin; Batalilfolin; 6-hydroxyluteolin-7-Oapioside; Luteolin-7-O-glucoside;
6-hydroxyluteolin;
Batatifolin; acteoside; demethoxycentaureidin;
Hispidulin 7-sulfate;
Hispidulin 7,4-disulfate;
Jaceosidin 7,4-disulfate;
Nepetin 3,4-disulfate;
Nodifloretin 6,7-disulfate;
6-Hydroxyluteolin 6,7-disulfate; Nodifloretin 7-sulfate;
6-Hydroxyluteolin 6-sulfate;
6-Hydroxyluteolin 7-sulfate;
Jaceosidin 7-sulfate;
Nepetin 7-sulfate;
Hispidulin 4-sulfate;
Hispidulin; Jaceosidin;
Halleridone; Hallerone; Lippiacin; Nodifloretin-A; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Luteolin; Hispidulin; Stigmasterol; |
| 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/230730
- https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=phno2
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phyla+nodiflora
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Frog%20Fruit.html
- http://globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v20_1/11.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ 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 | : Verbenaceae - Verbena family |
| Genus | : Phyla Lour. - fogfruit |
| Species | : Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene - turkey tangle fogfruit |