Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
MH267 : Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 479 |
| Synonym | : | Adicea herniarioides (Sw.) Small.;
Adicea microphylla (L.) Kuntze.;
Adike allophyla Rafin.;
Chamaecnide microphylla (L.) Nees ex Miq.;;
Dubrueilia microphylla (L.) Gaud.;
Parietaria microphylla L.;
Pilea aripoensis Britton.;
Pilea callitrichoides Schltdl.;
Pilea herniarifolia Bl.;
Pilea microphylla var. trianthemoides (Sw.) Griseb.;
Pilea muscosa Lindl.;
Pilea peperomifolia Liebm.;
Pilea portula Liebm.;
Pilea portulacina (Spreng.) Bl.;
Pilea tenerrima Miq.;
Pilea trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl.;
Urtica microphylla (L.) Sw.;
Urtica portulacina Spreng.;
Urtica portulacoides Spreng.;
Urtica trianthemoides Sw.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Artillery Plant, Gun Powder / Artillery Plant, Gunpowder Plant, Gun powder plant, Rockweed, Gunpowder Plant, Pistol Plant, Artillery Plant, Rockweed, Artillery Fern |
| Plant Family | : | Urticaceae |
| Description | : | Slender succulent herbs; branches and leaves bifarious; stem transparent. Leaves to 4 x 3 mm, ovate-orbicular, base attenuate, apex obtuse, subsucculent, 1-nerved; raphides transverse; petiole to 1 mm long. Flowers monoecious in small umbellate clusters, 1-1.5 mm across. Male flowers: tepals 4, free, concave, obtuse; stamens 4. Female flowers: tepals connate, 2-4-toothed; ovary c. 0.5 mm long, ovoid, 1-celled; ovule 1. Achene c. 1 mm long, ellipsoid. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On old walls, Forest nurseries |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | An infusion of the entire plant is used as a diuretic. The crushed leaves are applied commonly to sores and bruises to heal them. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: quercetin-3-O-rutinoside; 3-O-caffeoylquinic acid; luteolin-7-O-glucoside; apigenin-7-O-rutinoside; apigenin-7-O-alpha-d-glucopyranoside; quercetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Quercetin; Rutin; Apigenin; Luteolin; Quinic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230712
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pilea+microphylla
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gunpowder%20Plant.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383511000864 |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Rosales |
| Family | : Urticaceae |
| Genus | : Pilea |
| Species | : Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. |