Martynia annua L. - una de gato
Martynia annua L. - una de gato
Martynia annua L. - una de gato
Martynia annua L. - una de gato
MS075 : Martynia annua L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 375 |
| Synonym | : | Carpoceras longiflora A. Rich.;
Disteira angulosa (Lam.) Raf.;
Martynia alternifolia Lam.;
Martynia angulosa Lam.;
Martynia diandra Glox.;
Martynia jussieui (Steud.) Howell.;
Martynia pallida Salisb.;
Martynia proboscidea Glox.;
Proboscidea cordifolia Moench.;
Proboscidea jussieui Steud.;
Vatkea diandra (Glox.) O. Hoffm.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Waghnakhi, Devil's Claws, Tiger's Claw • Hindi: Ulat-kanta, Baghnakh • Malayalam: Puli - Nakham • Tamil: Puli - Nagam • Marathi: Vinchu • Bengali: Baghnoki |
| Plant Family | : | Martyniaceae |
| Description | : | Erect subshrubs to 1 m tall, glandular-hairy all over. Leaves 8-20 x 6-19 cm, broadly ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, margin sinuate-dentate, apex acute, chartaceous, palmately 5-nerved from base; petiole 8-14 cm long. Racemes 7-14- flowered, at the bifurcations of the branches; peduncle 4-8 cm long; pedicel 1-2 cm long; bracts 1-2 x 0.7-1 cm, broadly ovate, pale pink. Calyx lobes 5, greenish-white, 9-12 mm long; ovate-oblong. Corolla reddish-purple with yellow throat; tube 3-4 cm long; lobes rounded. Stamens 2; filaments white, c. 1 cm long; anther cells disjunct, superposed, longitudinally coherent with the opposite pair; staminodes 3. Fruits drupaceous, ovoid, flattened somewhat dorso-ventrally, ribbed, viscid-pubescent; endocarp 2-3 cm long, hard, black, with a hooked spine at tip. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Root decoction is administered for snake
bite, leaf juice for epilepsy, tuberculosis and sore throat. Ash of fruit mixed with coconut oil is applied on burn. Seed oil applied on
abscesses. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: oleic acid; arachidic acid; linoleic acid; palmitic acid; gentisic acid; stearic acid; pelargonidin-3,5-diglucoside; cyanidin-3-galactoside; p-hydroxy benzoic acid; apigenin; apigenin-7-oglucuronide; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Pelargonidin; Apigenin; Pelargonidin-3,5-diglucoside; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Devils%20Claws.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33168
- https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/martynia_annua.htm
- http://www.phytojournal.com/vol1Issue6/Issue_march_2013/6.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 | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Martyniaceae |
| Genus | : Martynia L. - martynia |
| Species | : Martynia annua L. - una de gato |