Tricholepis glaberrima DC.
Tricholepis glaberrima DC.
Tricholepis glaberrima DC.
Tricholepis glaberrima DC.
MH333 : Tricholepis glaberrima DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Tricholepis glaberrima glaberrima |
| Plant Common Name | : | Smooth Tricholepis, brahmadandi, dahan, brahmadamde, Chhagaladandi, brahman dandi, ajadandi, brahmadandi |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae |
| Description | : | Herbs up to 2.5 m tall, stems sparsely leafy, branches 3-angled. Pappus copious. Achenes smooth. small annual herb, growing up to 50-100 cm tall, with ribbed and angled branches. Alternately arranged stalkless leaves, 3-6 cm long, are linear-opblong, sharp tipped, spiny toothed. Pink flower-heads occur singly on stalks at the end of branches. The bracts on the green portion of the flower-head, are pointed, needle-like, recurved. Flowering: November-December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Ghatang |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Useful in skin disease, cough urinary troubles; Antioxidant, nervine tonic, aphrodisiac, anti-inflammatory, anti-septic. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: spinasterol; stigmasterol; stigmast–7–enol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Stigmasterol; Spinasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Smooth%20Tricholepis.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231385
- http://bioinfo.bisr.res.in/project/domap/plant_details.php?plantid=0129&bname=Tricholepis%20glaberrima
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/981390
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/22174354_Chemical_constituents_of_Tricholepis_glaberrima |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Tricholepis |
| Species | : Tricholepis glaberrima DC. |