Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex DC.) Seem.
Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex DC.) Seem.
Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex DC.) Seem.
Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex DC.) Seem.
MT070 : Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex DC.) Seem.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 370 |
| Synonym | : | Bignonia falcata K.D.Koenig ex DC.;
Bignonia spathacea Roxb.;
Dolichandrone lawii Seem.;
Spathodea falcata Wall. ex DC.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Medsingi K- Karanjelo, Medhshingi • Hindi: Hawar • Marathi: Medhshingi, Bhersing • Tamil: Kadalatti, Kaliyacha, Kattuvarucham • Malayalam: Attulottappala, Nirpponnalyam • Telugu: Chittiniruvoddi, Chittivoddi • Kannada: Godmurki, Muduvudure, Udure • Oriya: Mrigosingo • Sanskrit: Mesasrnga, Visanika |
| Plant Family | : | Bignoniaceae |
| Description | : | a small deciduous tree with bluish-gray bark, peeling in irregular woody scales. Leaves are compound, 3-6 inches long. Leaflets are 5-7, obovate, or round elliptic, sometimes with a small blunt point. Leaflet blade is about 1.2 cm long and wide. Flowers are white, borne in mostly 1-3 flowered corymbs. Flower stalk is 1/2 inch long. Sepal tube is 1.2-2 cm, split on one side to the base. Flower petals are frilly. Capsules are nearly quadrangular, curved like a sickle. The ca[sules look like curved sheep horns, hence the common name Medhshingi. This tree grows some what slowly even in the best soils. It is very hardly and drought resistent and fit for propagating in the driest localities. Flowering: May-June. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Kolkaz- Harisal and Raipur |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Delivery problems; treatment of nodules; Leaves paste is mixed with Neem leaves and applied for curb swelling. Fruit paste and bark paste is applied with water three times to get relief from scorpion bite and snake bite. Leaves juices taken orally with water acts an anti-dote to snake bite. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: phytol; n-hexadecanoic acid; octadeconoic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic, Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264259
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Medhshingi.html
- https://www.researchtrend.net/bfij/pdf/31%20SULEKHA%20JOSHI%201070.pdf
- http://www.ijddr.in/drug_development/gcms.php?aid=6812 |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Bignoniaceae |
| Genus | : Dolichandrone |
| Species | : Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex DC.) Seem. |