Mimosa hamata Willd.
Mimosa hamata Willd.
Mimosa hamata Willd.
MS052 : Mimosa hamata Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 185 |
| Synonym | : | Mimosa armata Spreng.;
Mimosa hemata Willd.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chilati, Hooked Mimosa • Hindi: Mundi, Bander-ki-Rakhi • Marathi: Gulabi babul • Telugu: Undrakampa • Kannada: Sagari mullu |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | A medium sized much branched shrub up to 2 m. high, branches hairy, very prickly, prickles on internodes also, c. 4-5 mm long, hooked. Leaf stipulate, stipule setaceous c. 3 mm long, hairy; bipinnate, rachis 1.2-5.0 cm long, sometimes prickly. Pinnae 3-6 pairs, c. 7-25 mm long, leaflets 6-10 pairs, more or less sessile, c. 2-3 mm long, c. 1-2 mm broad, ovate oblong, acute, mucronate, hairy on both the sides, glabrous above, pilose below. Flowers in globose heads, solitary or paired in upper axils, peduncle 1.5-3.5 cm long, hairy; heads c. 10-13 mm in diameter, flowers pink, tetramerous, sessile, bracteate, bract linear, spathulate, pilose. Calyx c. 1 mm. Corolla tube c. 3 mm long, lobes c. 1.5 mm long. Stamens 8. Ovary stalked, hairy. Pod 5-7.5 cm long, c. 1.0 cm broad flat, falcate, velvety, sutures wavy, prickly, joints 4-8. Seed ovate, flattened, reddish brown. Fl. Per. April-August. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dry hill slopes and along borders of fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Skin diseases; A paste of leaf powder are applied to burn, over glandular swelling and also used in dressing for sinus, sores and piles. Used for urinary complaints and used as a tonic against general weakness. Treatment of diverse diseases such as fever, Diarrhea, coagulant, dysentery, jaundice, wounds, piles, tonic in urinary complaints, blood-purifier and paste of leaves is applied over glandular swellings and paste of roots with linum oil and gugul is unguent (Gupta et al., 2010). Seed powder and leaf juice of M. hamata boiled in buffalo milk is given as a tonic in general weakness and also sexual debility in males. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Mimonoside A;
Mimonoside B;
Mimonoside C; Gallic Acid; Ethyl gallate; 3-O-L Arabinosyl-D-Glucosylmorolic acid; Hydroxy-and polyhydroxybenzoic acid; 3-O-L-arabinosyl-D-glucosyl morolic acid; 3-O-D-glucosyl-L-rhamnosyl marolic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Ethyl gallate; Gallic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063369
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230391
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hooked%20Mimosa.html
- https://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=jbs.2014.52.59
- http://drugresearch.in/pdf/Jan2018/IJOD_4_rahul.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Mimosa |
| Species | : Mimosa hamata Willd. |