Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH241 : Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 437

Synonym : Achyranthes triandra Roxb.; Alternanthera achyranthoides Forssk.; Alternanthera polygonoides (L.) R. Br. ex Sweet; Alternanthera sessilis var. nodiflora (R. Br.) Kuntze; Gomphrena polygonoides L.; Gomphrena sessilis L.; Telanthera polygonoides (L.) Moq.;

Plant Common Name : Periquito Sessil, ponnanganni, ponnaganti aaku, Mukunuwenna, Sessile Joyweed, Dwarf copperleaf, Joyweed, Garundi, Guroo, Phakchet, Kanchari, Ponnanganni, Ponnankannikkira, Ponnagantikura, Honagonne, Madaranga, Koypa, Matsyaksi, Bhiringi Jhaar,AAnkhe Jhaar, Bhaale Bhringaraaj, Bisaaune Jhaar, Jibre Paate, Dube Jhaar

Plant Family : Amaranthaceae

Description : Decumbent herbs, stem glabrous. Leaves 3-4 x 1 cm, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, apex obtuse, base attenuate into a petiole, crenate, glabrous. Spike 7-12 x 5 mm, sessile, solitary or 2-3 together; bracts and bracteoles similar, 1 mm long, broadly ovate, acute, glabrous. Flowers yellowish red; tepals equal, 2.5 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute, glabrous, 3-nerved at base; stamens 3. Achenes 2 x 2 mm, obovoid, emarginate at apex; seed orbicular, compressed, brown.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : the plant has diuretic, cooling, tonic and laxative properties. It has been used for the treatment of dysuria and haemmorrhoids. The plant is also believed to be beneficial for the eyes, and is used as an ingredient in the making of medicinal hair oils and Kajal (kohl). skin diseases and ulcers

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Beta-sitosterol; stigmasterol; campesterol; Lupeol; alpha & beta-spinasterol; a-stigmasteanol; palmitates; 24-methylenecycloartanol; cycloeucalenol;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4):

Lupeol;

Beta-sitosterol;

Stigmasterol;

Spinasterol;

Plant's Current Status : Red List Category - Least Concern

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Alternanthera+sessilis - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32910 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sessile%20Joyweed.html - http://www.phcogfirst.com/sites/default/files/PJ_4_28_6.pdf

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 : Caryophyllidae
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Amaranthaceae - Amaranth family
Genus : Alternanthera Forssk. - joyweed
Species : Alternanthera sessilis

Alternanthera sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis