Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS067 : Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 299

Synonym : Asclepias javanica Burm. ex Decne.; Asclepias suberosa Roxb.; Asclepias tuberosa Roxb.; Asclepias volubilis Herb. Madr. ex Hook. fil.; Asclepias zeylanica Burm. ex Decne.; Cynanchum asthmaticum Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. fil.; Cynanchum ovatum Thunb.; Cynanchum reticulatum Retz.; Daemia reticulata (Retz.) Moon.; Gymnema aurantiacum Wall. ex Hook. fil.; Leptadenia appendiculata Decne.; Leptadenia brevipes Wight ex Hook. fil.; Leptadenia imberbis Wight.; Secamone canescens Sm.;

Plant Common Name : Dudhkadi, Cork Swallow-Wort • Hindi: dori, jhumka, jumka, meethi dodi • Kannada: bugudi hoovina gedde • Malayalam: atakodiyan, atapatiyan, curinil • Marathi: bhuidodi, dodi, khaandodkee • Sanskrit: arkapushpi, caksusya, jivaniya, jivanti • Tamil: paalai keerai • Telugu: guttipaala, kalasa, mukku thummudu

Plant Family : Apocynaceae

Description : Woody climbers, latex milky, mealy pubescent. Leaves to 9 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, oblong, gradually acute at apex, base truncate or shallowly cordate, stellate hairy; petiole to 3 cm. Umbels axillary; peduncles to 0.5 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow, pedicels to 7 mm; bracts 4 mm, hairy; calyx cupular, 2 mm, pubescent, ovate; corolla tube 1.5 mm, lobes 3 mm, triangular ovate, margins folded, pubescent; corona double, outer corolline, bifid; inner staminal; pollinia suberect, pellucid; ovary 1 mm. Follicles paired, 6 x 2 cm, bluntly acute at both ends.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : Lactative; The plant is galactogogue, cooling, nutritive, aphrodisiac, stimulant, diuretic, and eyetonic. Useful to cure eye-diseases, seminal debility, general weakness, cough, dyspnoea, fever, asthma, constipation, sore throat, and gonorrhea. Extracts of roots and leaves of the plant act as anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent. It promotes health and vigour, improves voice, alleviates the three dosas vata, pitta and kapha. It also cures eye diseases, hematemesis, emaciation, cough, dyspnoea, fever and burning sensation.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: stigmasterol; beta–sitosterol; alpha-amyrin; beta-amyrin; ferulic acid; luteolin; diosmetin; rutin; stigmasterol; hentriacontanol; apigenin; reticulin; deniculatin; leptaculatin; lupanol 3-O diglucoside;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6):

Rutin;

Apigenin;

Luteolin;

Alpha-amyrin;

Stigmasterol;

Ferulic acid;

Plant's Current Status : Rare, Endemic

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cork%20Swallow_Wort.html -https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/248838 - http://www.globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v20_2/18.pdf - http://www.mdpi.com/1420_3049/22/6/1019/htm

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Gentianales
Family : Apocynaceae
Genus : Leptadenia
Species : Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight

Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight
Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight