Aspidopterys cordata (Heyne ex Wall.) A. Juss.
Aspidopterys cordata (Heyne ex Wall.) A. Juss.
Aspidopterys cordata (Heyne ex Wall.) A. Juss.
MS024 : Aspidopterys cordata (Heyne ex Wall.) A. Juss.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 64 |
| Synonym | : | Hiraea cordata Heyne ex Wall.;
Hiptage cordata.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bokadvel, |
| Plant Family | : | Malpighiaceae |
| Description | : | Slender climbers; young branches white silky-tomentose, glabrescent with age. Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate-cordate, deeply cordate or rounded at base, abruptly acuminate at apex with broad acuminate tip, 5 - 14 x 4 - 13 cm, glabrous above, white silky-tomentose beneath; petioles 3.5 - 4 cm long. Panicles 9 - 20 cm long, white or flavidtomentose; peduncles decompound or compound. Flowers ca 1 cm across; buds oblong, 2 - 3 X 1.5 - 2 mm; pedicels 3 - 6 mm long in flowers, 11 - 14 mm long in fruits, slender, filiform, articulate below middle at about 5 - 6 mm from base, white-tomentose above articulation. Calyx-lobes ovate or elliptic, 2 - 3 x ca 1 mm, glabrous. Petals broadly oblong or oblong-elltptlc, obtuse, 4 - 5 x 2 - 2.5 mm, white or pale yellow. Filaments 2 - 5 mm long; anthers pale yellow, 1 - 1.5 x ca 0.5 mm. Ovary villous. Samaras suborbicular or slightly elliptic. tapering at base and membranous along margins, 2 - 3 x 1.5 - 2.2 cm, brown, glabrous. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Common throughout |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=2630&type=4
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264341
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bokadvel.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Kavishankar, G.B; Lakshmidevi, N.; Murthy, S.M.; Prakash, H.S. and Niranjana, S.R.; "Diabetes and medicinal plants-A review"; Int J Pharm Biomed Sci (2011); 2(3): 65-80 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Malpighiales |
| Family | : Malpighiaceae |
| Genus | : Aspidopterys |
| Species | : Aspidopterys cordata (Heyne ex Wall.) A. Juss. |