Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees
Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees
Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees
MS080 : Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 397 |
| Synonym | : | Dicliptera paniculata(Forssk.) I.Darbysh.;
Peristrophe paniculata(Forssk.);
Dianthera bicalyculata Retz.;
Dianthera bifida Moench.;
Dianthera malabarica L. fil.;
Dianthera paniculata Forssk.;
Dianthera rugosa Perr. ex Nees.;
Dicliptera bicalyculata Kostel.;
Dicliptera paniculata var. rivinoides (C.B.Cl.)Karthik. & Moorthy.;
Justicia bicalyculata (Retz.) Vahl.;
Justicia ligulata Lam.;
Justicia malabarica (L. fil.) Soland.;
Justicia ruderalis Russ. ex Steud.;
Peristrophe bicalyculata var. rivinoides C.B.Cl.;
Peristrophe dewevrei Wildem. & Th. Dur.;
Peristrophe doriae Terrac.;
Peristrophe kotschyana Nees.;
Peristrophe rivinoides Wall.;
Peristrophe schimperiana Hochst. ex Nees;
Ruellia paniculata (Forssk.) C. B. Cl.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | An erect to spreading, upto 1 m tall hairy herb with sharply 4-6-angled stems. Leaves on 1-1.7 cm long petioles; lamina ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, 4-6 x 1.5-4 cm, densely lineolate, ± pubescent especially on nerves beneath, basally rounded to acute, acute to acuminate at the apex. Flowers pedicellate, pink or purple, in a terminal or axillary lax panicle of cymes; bracts 2, linear-spathulate, much unequal, 7-15 mm long, acute; brcteoles in 2 valvate pairs, unequal-subequal, scarious on margins, acute. Calyx lobes linear, c. 3.5-4 mm long, hairy, acute, valvate. Corolla tube cylindrical, 4-5 mm long, lips subequal, puberulous; upper lip elliptic-oblong, 5-7 mm long, entire or notched; lower lip slightly longer than upper, deflexed, slightly crested with 3 acte lobes. Staminal filaments c. 5 mm long, hairy. Ovary oblong, apically pubescent; style c. 1 cm long. Capsule ellipsoid, 1-1.2 cm long, basally solid ad hairy, acuminate. Seeds orbicular, c. 2.5 mm across, minutely papillate. Fl. Per.: October-February. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The herb is used for its anti-bacterial property (tuberculostatic), snake poison, in bone fracture, sprain, fever, cold, cough and for ear and eye treatments. Anti-cancer (Ogunwande et al., 2010); It is used on fever, dyspepsia, swellings and bronchitis, juice of the leaves is applied on glandular swelling. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Beta-Caryophyllene, alpha-zingiberene; 35-hydroxynonatriacontanal;
pentunidin–3–rhamnoglucoside; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Caryophyllene; Beta-caryophyllene; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975357510800707
- http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/herb/peristrophe_bicalyculata
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/261396
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250084296 |
| Reference | : | ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Sonika Jain, Jaya Dwivedi, Pankaj Kumar Jain, Swaha Satpathy and Arjun Patra; "Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Cancer: A Brief Review"; Pharmacogn. J. (2016); 8(2): 87-102 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Peristrophe |
| Species | : Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees |