Scientific Name
Ophiorrhiza mungos L.
Synonyms
Ophiorrhiza ostindica Christm. [Invalid]. [1]
Vernacular Name
| Malaysia | Pokok sumpu badak, kundunak [2][3] |
| English | Mongoose plant |
| India | Aravakkiriti, avilpori, cadachi, caka, caramankam, carparaci, cataippuntu, cemperikam, cittika, gandali, garuda paathaala, iracakiri, keerip-pundu, kiricceti, kiripputu, pampukolli, patala garuda, pucakam, rasna, sadaichi, sarahati, sarpalocana, sarpari, tirkkapi, tiruvilai, tutayi, vipanam, vipanapputu [3] |
| Philippines | Payang payang gubat (Tagalog); kayotimokan (Bagobo); lumai (Bikol) |
| Tibet | Sa rba ksi [3]. |
Geographical Distributions
Ophiorrhiza mungos is distributed from India, Sri Lanka, to Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines. [2] O. mungos occurs in primary and secondary forests, in moist localities, up to 400 m altitude. [2]
Botanical Description
O. mungos is a member of the family Rubiaceae. This plant is a semi-woody, erect, normally hairless herb, and usually 10-50(-80) cm tall. [2]
The leaves are narrow, oval to lance-shaped, 4-12 cm x 2-6 cm with pointed base and apex. The petiole is 8-25 mm long and stipules are 4-5 mm long. Its cyme is more or less flat-topped, 2-12 cm in diametre. Branches are sub-umbellate, spreading, hairy or smooth with bracts absent. The pedicel and sepal teeth are short. Petal is white with 7-8 mm long tube, short, obtuse and keeled lobes. [2]
The capsule is 2-3 mm long with 6-8 mm in diametre. [2]
Cultivation
No documentation
Chemical Constituent
No documentation
Plant Part Used
No documentation
Traditional Use
No documentation
Preclinical Data
No documentation
Clinical Data
No documentation
Poisonous Management
No documentation
Line Drawing
References
- The Plant List. Ver1.1. Ophiorrhiza mungos L. [homepage on the Internet]. c2013 [updated 2012 Mar 23; cited 2015 July 27]. Available from: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-140493
- Schmelzer GH, Bunyapraphatsara N. Ophiorrhiza mungos L. In: van Valkenburg JLCH, Bunyapraphatsara N, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Leiden, Netherlands: Backhuys Publisher, 2001; p. 393-394.
- Quattrocchi U. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Volume IV M-Q. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press; 2012. p. 333-334.
