MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIKKIM

 

 

Basic Information

 

                 

Species                       : Physalis divancata D.Don

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Family                          : Olanaceae

Habitat                         : Herbaceous pubescent annual plant. Commonly found in waste places and in garden or in irrigated field.

Distribution                : Distributed in tropical areas.

Sikkim                         : Melli, Legship, Jorethang, Sombarey, Reenok, Mangan.

Outside                       : West Bengal, Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil nadu, Afghanistan, Tropical Africa and Australia.

Morphological information

A herbaceous pubescent annual with striate stems. Leaves alternate, ovate sinuate, angular or scarcely lobed. Calyx campanulate, 5 fld half way down. Lobes lanceolate, often hirsute, sometimes with purple spots below. Stamens 5, attached near the base of the corolla; anthers oblong. Ovary 2 celled; style linear, stigma obscurely 2-lobed. Berries globose Seed smooth or tuberculate, rugose compressed.

Flowering                        : August-September

Fruiting                           : September-January

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Parts                              : Fruits and leaves.

Status                            : Low risk.

Phytochemistry             : 5β, 6β-Epoxyphysalin B, withaphysalins A, B and C along with physalin B isolated from leaves and characterized, new

                                        dihydroxyphysalin B, mp. 302 degree, isolated from leaves along with physalins A, B and C.

 

Ayurvedic

The plant is a butter and appetizer tonic, diuretic laxative useful ininflammations, enlargement of the skin, ascites and abdominal troubles.

In Punjab, the fruit is considered diuretic, tonic and purgative. In Mundas of Chotta Nagpur use the Juice of the leaves mixed with water and mustard oil as a remedy against earache.

Traditional

The leaf extract is mix with water and mustard oil, which is applied on the ear, incase of earache and deafness ( Lepcha system).

 


Reference

1. Anonymous. (1994). The Wealth of India (Vol. 8) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. 38.

2. Bhujel, R.B. (1996). Studies on the Dicotyledonous Flora of Darjeeling District. Unpublished Ph.D Thesis University of North Bengal. 577.

3. Chattedee, Asima; Satish Chandra Pakrashi (1997). The Treatise on Indian Medicinal Plants (Vol. 5) National Institute of Science Communication, New Delhi. 88- 89.

4. Kirtikar, K.R.; B.D. Basu (1980). Indian Medicinal Plants (Vol. 3) Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. Dehradun. 1766-1767.

5. Progress Report of the Project "Studies of Medicinal Plants of Sikkim" (1998-2001). State Council of Science and Technology for Sikkim.