Apium graveolens L. - wild celery
Apium graveolens L. - wild celery
Apium graveolens L. - wild celery
MH356 : Apium graveolens Linn.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 20 |
| Synonym | : | Apium celleri Gaertn.;
Apium decumbens Eckl. & Zeyh.;
Apium graveolens f. lusitanicum (Mill.) J. Helm.;
Apium graveolens subsp. rapaceum (Mill.) P.D.Sell.;
Apium graveolens var. bashmensis H.A. Hosni.;
Apium graveolens var. butronensis D. Gómez & G. Montserrat.;
Apium integrilobum Hayata.;
Apium lobatum Gilib.;
Apium lusitanicum Mill.;
Apium maritimum Salisb.;
Apium napaceum Chazelles.;
Apium rapaceum Mill.;
Apium vulgare Bub.;
Celeri graveolens (L.) Britt.;
Helosciadium ruta (Burm. fil.) DC.;
Helosciadium rutaceum St. Lag.;
Seseli graveolens (L.) Scop.;
Sison ruta Burm. fil.;
Sison trifidum Burm. ex DC.;
Smyrnium laterale Thunb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Celery, wild celery, Bari ajmod, Ajmod, Bodiajamoda, Ajmud, Ajmod, Bodiajamodia, Ugragandhika, Vastamoda, Hayagandha, Brahmakoshi, Jangali jwanu, Sirai kahui, Ajamodaa, Jangalee Jwaano |
| Plant Family | : | Apiaceae / Umbelliferae |
| Description | : | Biennial, erect, glabrous herb up to 100 cm tall, with a fusiform to tuber-like fleshy taproot; stem strongly grooved. Leaves alternate, lower ones pinnate, long-petioled, upper ones 3-fid; stipules absent, but distinct sheath present; leaflets deltoid-rhomboid, 2–5 cm × 1.5–3 cm, often deeply 3-lobed, cuneate at base, glossy. Inflorescence a sessile or short-peduncled umbel, terminal or opposite the leaves; primary rays 4–15, rather unequal; involucres and involucels absent; umbellules 6–25-flowered. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous; pedicel 1–5 mm long; calyx teeth obsolete; petals free, ovate to orbicular, c. 0.5 mm long, with inflexed apex, greenish white; stamens free, alternating with petals; ovary inferior, 2-celled, styles 2, divergent. Fruit a broadly ovoid to globose schizocarp, splitting into two 1-seeded parts up to 1.5 mm long, distinctly ribbed. Seedling with epigeal germination; hypocotyl 1–2 cm long, epicotyl absent; cotyledons stalked, blade ovate-oblong, up to 6 mm long, herbaceous. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In the inerior forest along moist shedy slopes |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | arthritis, rheumatism, gout, urinary tract inflammation, and specifically for rheumatoid arthritis with mental depression. diuretic, for regulating the bowels, for glandular stimulation, gall and kidney stones, as a prophylactic for nervous agitation, for the loss of appetite and exhaustion and as antihelminthic; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: falcarinol; falcarindiol; panaxidol; polyacetylene 8-O-methylfalcarindiol; apiuman; d-galacturonic acid; Beta-rhamnose; 1-arabinose; Caffeic acid,; chlorogenic acid; apiin; apigenin; rutaretin; ocimene; bergapten; isopimpinellin; seslin; isoimperatorin; osthenol; gravebioside A;
gravebioside B; palmitic acid; stearic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid; petroselinic acid; d-limonene; selinene; terpineol; santolol; sedanonic anhydride; sedanolide; celerin; apiumoside; apiumetin; apigravrin; iso-quercitrin; camphene; methoxsalen; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (10): Apigenin; D-Limonene; Limonene; Camphene; Ocimene; Palmitic acid; Caffeic acid; Chlorogenic acid; Falcarindiol; Falcarinol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare, Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414449/
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265098
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Celery.html
- https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=APGR2
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313676705_The_Pharmacology_of_Apium_graveolens_A_Review |
| Reference | : | ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Apiales |
| Family | : Apiaceae / Umbelliferae - Carrot family |
| Genus | : Apium L. - celery |
| Species | : Apium graveolens L. - wild celery |