Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH400 : Theriophonum minutum (Willd.) Baill

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 67

Synonym : Arum crenatum Wight.; Arum minutum Willd.; Theriophonum crenatum (Wight) Blume.; Theriophonum kleinii Schott.; Theriophonum zeylanicum N.E.Br.; Typhonium crenatum (Wight) Schott.; Typhonium minutum (Willd.) Schott.;

Plant Common Name : -

Plant Family : Araceae

Description : Ground dwelling bulb; decidious; smooth stem; thornless.

Plant Location in Melghat : Kolkaz

Medicinal Use / Activity : cure intestinal and duodenal ulcers. Tuber powder with honey given for small intestinal ulcers and stomachache (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002).

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: -

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -

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. - http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89190_1 - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew_203866 - https://plantaescientia.website/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/6

Reference : ~ 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 :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Alismatales
Family : Araceae
Genus : Theriophonum
Species : Theriophonum minutum

Theriophonum minutum