Agave vera-cruz Mill.
MH447 : Agave vera-cruz Mill.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Agave breviscapa A.Berger ex Roster;
Agave cyanophylla Jacobi;
Agave haworthiana M.Roem.;
Agave lepida D.Dietr.;
Agave lurida Aiton;
Agave magni Desf.;
Agave manguai Desf.;
Agave mexicana Lam.;
Agave polyphylla K.Koch;
Agave vera-crucis Haw.;
Agave vernae A.Berger; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Blue Elephant Aloe/ Railway Aloe, Blue elephant aloe, Railway aloe
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| Plant Family | : | Agavaceae |
| Description | : | Stem reduced, covered with leaf bases. Leaves forming a lax rosette, arching upwards, the ends drooping, 1.5-2 m, linear-oblong, widest just above the middle, neck hardly constricted; apical spine 1-1.5 cm, almost black; marginal spine broad, spreading or pointing downwards, blackish-brown. Leaves green, often glaucous sometimes with a whitish bloom, shallowly channelled. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Wet places |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaf juice with a pinch of common salt is boiled. After cooling a small quantity of jaggery is added. This is consumed twice a day to cure constipation. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Shubhangi Pawar and D A Patil; "Observations on folkloric medicinal plants of Jalgaon district, Maharashtra"; Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (2004); 3(4): 437-442 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Agavaceae - Century-plant family |
| Genus | : Agave L. - agave |
| Species | : Agave vera-cruz Mill. |