Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Coldenia angolensis Welw. |
| synonym | Coldenia procumbens var. aristata Merr. |
| synonym | Coldenia succulenta Peter |
| synonym | Lobophyllum tetrandrum F. Muell. |
🗒 Common Names
| Assamese |
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📚 Overview
Description
Trailing herbs, stem and leaves softly white villous. Leaves 1.5-3 x 0.5-1.5 cm, obliquely obovate or subpinnatifid, base cuneate, margin irregularly dentate, apex emarginate, lateral veins impressed above. Inflorescence axillary few-flowered sessile cymes or some times solitary. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes ovate-acute, ciliate. Corolla white, c. 2 mm long, tube c. 1 mm long; lobes 4, imbricate in buds. Stamens 4, included. Ovary 4-lobed, 4-locular; ovule 1-per locule. Drupe of 4 subconnate pyrenes, 1.5-2 mm across, subglobose.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
River banks
Lake shores, paddy fields and wastelands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Throughout
Local Distribution
Barak Valley
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=606
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=606 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Coldenia procumbens L., Sp. Pl. 125. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 144. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 892(627). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 178. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 266. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 238. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 294. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 255. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 457. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 302. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 309. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 351. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 214. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 438. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 260. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 201. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 464. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 329. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 459. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=606
Information Listing > References
- Coldenia procumbens L., Sp. Pl. 125. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 144. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 892(627). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 178. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 266. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 238. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 294. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 255. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 457. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 302. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 309. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 351. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 214. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 438. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 260. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 201. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 464. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 329. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 459. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=606
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Boraginales |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Genus | Coldenia |
| Species | Coldenia procumbens L. |
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