Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS102 : Rhinacanthus communis Nees

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 46

Synonym : Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz.; Dianthera paniculata Lour.; Justicia dichotoma Rottl.; Justicia gendarussa Macrae ex Nees.; Justicia macilenta E. Mey.; Justicia nasuta L.; Justicia odoratissima Boj. ex Nees.; Justicia rottleriana Wall.; Justicia silvatica Nees.; Justicia sylvatica Vahl.; Pseuderanthemum connatum Lindau.; Rhinacanthus macilentus Presl.; Rhinacanthus osmospermus Boj. ex Nees.; Rhinacanthus rottlerianus Nees.;

Plant Common Name : Snake Jasmine, Dainty Spurs • Hindi: Palakjuhi, Juhipani • Marathi: Gajkarni • Tamil: Uragamalli, Nagamalli • Malayalam: Nagamulla, Puzhukkolli • Telugu: Nagamalle • Kannada: Nagamallige, Doddapatike • Bengali: Juipana • Konkani: Dadmari • Urdu: Palakjuhi • Sanskrit: Yudhikaparni, Yoodhikaparni

Plant Family : Acanthaceae

Description : Erect shrubs, stem terete, tomentose. Leaves 8-12 x 4-8 cm, elliptic, acute at both ends, crenulate, minutely pubescent, nerves 7-10 pairs. Cymes terminal, panicled. Flowers sessile; bracts and bracteoles similar, 2 mm long, hispid; sepals 5, 5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, hispid; corolla white, tube 25 mm long, slender, hispid; upper lip entire, oblong, acuminate; lower lip broad, 3-lobed, obtuse; stamens 2, inserted near the throat of the tube, equal; one anther lobe lower than other, glabrous; cell 2-ovuled, style slender. Capsule 2 cm long, clavate, with a lower solid slender stalk, glabrous; seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, rugose.

Plant Location in Melghat : Nabab nala near ghatang

Medicinal Use / Activity : In India the fresh root and leaves, bruised and mixed with lime juice, are a useful remedy for ringworm and other skin affections. The seeds also are efficacious in ringworm. The root-bark is a remedy for dhobie’s itch. In Sind it is said to possess extraordinary aphrodisiacal powers, the roots boiled in milk being much employed by Hindu practitioners. The roots are believed n some parts of India to be an anti-dote to the bites of poisonous snakes. anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-proliferative; Root, leaves and seeds are useful in eczema;

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: rhinacanthin; chrysophanic acid; frangulic acid; flavanol-3-glucoside; rutin; naphthoquinones; rhinacanthin-C; rhinacanthin-D;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1):

Rutin;

Plant's Current Status : -

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.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew_2421167 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Snake%20Jasmine.html - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230906 - http://www.mpbd.info/plants/rhinacanthus_nasuta.php

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
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Lamiales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Rhinacanthus
Species : Rhinacanthus communis Nees

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Rhinacanthus communis Nees
Rhinacanthus communis Nees
Rhinacanthus communis Nees
Rhinacanthus communis Nees