Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Wight
Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Wight
Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Wight
Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Wight
Plant Category | : | Tree |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
Synonym | : | Microchlaena flavescens Garcke ex Mast. (Unresolved);
Microchlaena quinquelocularis Wight & Arn.;
Wallichia quinquclocularis Steud. (Unresolved);
Wallichia quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Steud.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Bothi • Marathi: Bothi, • Tamil: Malamtutti, Vattanunnu • Malayalam: Vetinar • Kannada: Kondigida, Gomajjige, Kattale • Konkani: Bujaridamu • Assamese: Bhawat |
Plant Family | : | Malvaceae / Sterculiaceae (Cacao family) |
Description | : | Trees, to 10 m tall; bark gray-white. Branchlets sparsely stellate hairy when young. Petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade round or broadly ovate, 5-8 cm in diam., thickly papery, abaxially densely white stellate puberulent, adaxially sparsely stellate puberulent, base cordate, margin obtusely dentate, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescence cymose, terminal or axillary, up to 9 cm; peduncle robust, often 3-flowered. Pedicels shorter than flowers; epicalyx lobes entire, ovate or elliptic-ovate. Sepals 5, linear-lanceolate, ca. 2 cm, abaxially densely yellowish brown stellate tomentulose, hairs shorter adaxially, glandular at base. Petals 5, yellow, as long as sepals, apex obtuse, with broad stipe. Stamens as long as petals; stigmas 6-8, curved outward. Capsule long ellipsoid, 3-4.5 × ca. 2.5 cm, abaxially densely yellow-brown puberulent and mealy, 5-10-valved, not verrucose, valve loculicidal, lower 1/2 densely white villous, apex acute. Seeds 8 in each valve, arranged in 2 lines, ca. 2.5 cm including wing, wing membranous, oblong, apex obtuse, 1.3-1.8 cm. Fl. May. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Mirgi (Epilepsy); The roots were made into a paste with water and given against excess bleeding during menstruation. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat
Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bothi.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229662
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200013797
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1076/1388_0209%28200004%293821_1FT139 |
Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida |
Subclass | : |
Order | : Malvales |
Family | : Malvaceae / Sterculiaceae |
Genus | : Eriolaena |
Species | : Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Wight |