Chenopodium album L.
Chenopodium album L.
MH422 : Chenopodium album L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Chenopodium album f. subhastatum Issler ex Murr.;
Chenopodium album subsp. bernburgense Murr.;
Chenopodium album subsp. collinsii Murr.;
Chenopodium album subsp. densifoliatum Ludw. & Aellen.;
Chenopodium album subsp. reticulatum (Aellen) Greuter & Burdet.;
Chenopodium album subsp. subficifolium Murr.;
Chenopodium album var. cymigerum W. D. J. Koch.;
Chenopodium album var. dacoticum Aellen.;
Chenopodium album var. stevensii Aellen.;
Chenopodium glomerulosum Rchb.;
Chenopodium lobodontum H. Scholz.;
Chenopodium paganum Rchb.;
Chenopodium reticulatum Aellen.;
Chenopodium subficifolium (Murr) Druce.;
Chenopodium subhastatum (Issler ex Murr) F. Dvorák.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bathua, fat hen, lamb's quarters, white goosefoot • Assamese: bathuwa shaak, jilmil shaak ? Bengali: betho shaak, bethuya shaak • Bengali: betho shaak, bethuya shaak • Gujarati: bathavo, chilani bhaji • Hindi: bathuwa • Kannada: chakravarti, chakkavatta, huchcha chakkota • Malayalam: parippuchira, vastuchira • Manipuri: monshaobi • Marathi: chakvat, vasukem • Nepali: bethe • Oriya: bathua sag • Sanskrit: vastuka • Tamil: chakravarthi keerai, paruppu-k-kirai • Tangkhul: Kazingtareihan • Telugu: pappukura, vastukamu |
| Plant Family | : | Chenopodiaceae |
| Description | : | Annual, 10-150 cm, usually erect, variously branched, ± grey farinose. Stems yellowish to green, green-striated, sometimes reddish or with red spots at leaf axils. Lower and medium leaves petiolate, blade usually 2-6(-10) cm, variously trullate, rhombic-ovate to lanceolate, clearly longer than broad, base narrowly to broadly cuneate, margins irregularly serrate to entire, often somewhat 3-lobed, teeth mostly acute, often unequal in size; uppermost leaves lanceolate, usually entire. Inflorescence a variable spiciform or cymosely branched panicle, mostly terminal. Perianth segments 5, dorsally keeled. Perianth falling with fruit. Pericarp thin, ± adherent. Seeds horizontal, black, 1.1-1.5 mm in diameter, somewhat ovate, margin weakly acute; testa with faint radial striae, otherwise almost smooth. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves may be taken in the form of an infusion or decoction as a laxative and anthelminthic. It has also been recommended by Hindu physicians as a treatment for hepatic disorders and splenic enlargement. Seeds are used traditionally to improve the appetite and as an anthelmintic, laxative, aphrodisiac and a tonic. They have also been used to treat biliousness, stomach pains, eye and throat problems, piles, and diseases of blood, heart and spleen. hypoglycemic, anti-bacterial, spasmolytic, anti-pruritic, anti-inflammatory, Hepatoprotective, anti-oxidant, anti-cancer. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: p-cymene; ascaridole; pinane-2-ol; alpha-pinene; beta-pinene; alpha-terpineol; limonene; linalyl acetate; niacine; betain; oxalic acid; oleanolic acid; sitosterol; Cinnamic acid; sinapic acid; ferulic acid; pinoresinol; syringaresinol; lariciresinol; Kaempferol; Quercetin; campesterol; 20-hydroxyecdysone; safrole; Geraniol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (13): Quercetin; Oxalic acid; Kaempferol; Oleanolic Acid; Alpha-terpineol; Limonene; Alpha-pinene; P-cymene; Beta-pinene; Geraniol; Cinnamic acid; Ferulic acid; Lariciresinol; |
| 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
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229177
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12648
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bathua.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5698885/
- https://www.ejmanager.com/mnstemps/36/36_1394533655.pdf
- http://pspuok.com/books/monograph%20on/14.pdf |
| 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 | : Dicotyledonae |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Caryophyllales |
| Family | : Chenopodiaceae |
| Genus | : Chenopodium |
| Species | : Chenopodium album L. |