Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.
Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 33 |
Synonym | : | Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton.;
Aganosma affinis (Roem. & Schult.)G.Don;
Apocynum crassifolium Salisb.;
Apocynum frutescens L.;
Beluttakaka malabarica (Lam.)Kuntze.;
Carruthersia daronensis Elmer.;
Chonemorpha bantamensis G.Don.;
Chonemorpha malabarica (Lam.) G.Don.;
Echites affinis Roem. & Schult.;
Echites bantamensis Bl.;
Echites caryophyllatus Roth.;
Echites caudatus Blanco.;
Echites ferrugineus Thunb.;
Echites frutescens (L.) Roxb.;
Echites malabaricus Lam.;
Echites trichonema Zipp. ex Span.;
Gardenia sinensis Lour. ex B.A.Gomes.;
Gardenia volubilis Lour.;
Ichnocarpus affinis (Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum.;
Ichnocarpus bantamensis (Bl.) Miq.;
Ichnocarpus dasycalyx Miq.;
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. leptodictyus (F.Muell.) Domin.;
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. ovatifolius (A.DC.) Deb.;
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. parvifolia Hook.f.;
Ichnocarpus frutescens var. pubescens Kurz.;
Ichnocarpus leptodictyus F.Muell.;
Ichnocarpus microcalyx Pitard.;
Ichnocarpus moluccanus Miq.;
Ichnocarpus navesii Rolfe.;
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC.;
Ichnocarpus oxypetalus Pitard.;
Ichnocarpus sogerensis Wernham ex S. Moore.;
Ichnocarpus volubilis (Lour.) Merr.;
Micrechites sinensis Markgr.;
Quirivelia bantamensis (Bl.) F.N.Williams.;
Quirivelia frutescens (L.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida.;
Quirivelia zeylanica Poir.;
Springia indica Heurck & Müll. Arg.;
Tabernaemontana parviflora Poir.;
Thyrsanthus parviflorus (Poir.) Miers.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Black Creeper • Hindi: Kalidudhi, Shyamalata • Marathi: Dudhbel, Krishna-sarwa, Kante-bhouri • Tamil: paravalli, udargodi, udarkkoti • Malayalam: nannari, naruninti, palvalli • Telugu: illukkatti, karampala, muntagajjanamu • Kannada: gorwiballi, gouriballi, kappunamadaberu • Oriya: bhotinoi • Assamese: dudhkuri lota • Sanskrit: Ananta, bhadra, Chandanagopa • Nepali: Dudhe lahara |
Plant Family | : | Apocynaceae |
Description | : | Lianas to 10 m. Branchlets pubescent when young, soon glabrous. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade 5-11 X 2.5-4.5 cm, pubescent or glabrous abaxially; lateral veins 5-7 pairs. Inflorescences many flowered, 3-8 cm, most flowers in pedunculate heads. Calyx densely pubescent. Corolla tube ca. 2.5 mm; lobes narrowly oblong, ca. 5 mm. Anthers elliptic; disc lobes free, linear, longer than ovary. Ovaries pubescent. Follicles cylindric, 8-15 cm X 4-5 mm, slightly torulose, pubescent. Seeds linear, coma ca. 2.5 cm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Aug-Dec. 2n = 20. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Harisal |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | use as in atrophy, bleeding gums, convulsions, cough, delirium, dysentery, glossitis, heamaturia, measles; anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant and antitumor spectrum of activity. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: lupeol acetate; friedelin; friedelinol; oleanolic acid; nonane; 5-hydroxyoctacosan-25-one; dotriacontanoic acid; sitosterol; sitosterol palmitate; alpha-amyrin; lupeol; epi-friedelinol; beta-sitosterol; n-butyl oleate; n-octyl tetracontane; tetratriacontadiene n-nonadecanyl benzoate; benzocosanyl arachidate; apigenin; luteolin; vitexin; isovitexin; proanthocyanidin; vanillic; syringic acid; synapic acid; protocatechuic acid; kaemferol; kaemferol-3-galactoside; mannitol; Vanillic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (7): Lupeol; Beta-sitosterol; Apigenin; Luteolin; Friedelin; Alpha-amyrin; Oleanolic Acid; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018399
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229998
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Black%20Creeper.html
- http://iglobaljournal.com/wp_content/uploads/2012/05/6._Khushboo_Chaudhary_et_al_2012.pdf |
Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : |
Order | : Gentianales |
Family | : Apocynaceae |
Genus | : Ichnocarpus |
Species | : Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC. |