Alternanthera sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis
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 |
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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 |