Content uploaded by Ladan Rasingam
Author content
All content in this area was uploaded by Ladan Rasingam on Nov 28, 2014
Content may be subject to copyright.
A preview of the PDF is not available
Two new additions to the family Urticaceae of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
Abstract and Figures
Dendrocnide sinuata (Blume) Chew and Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew belonging to the family Urticaceae are reported as new additions to the flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Descriptions, line drawing, and photographs are presented for easy identification.
Figures - uploaded by Ladan Rasingam
Author content
All figure content in this area was uploaded by Ladan Rasingam
Content may be subject to copyright.
Dendrocnide sinuata, belonging to the family Urticaceae, commonly
known as Devil nettle, and has been in wide use in folk medicine among the
ethnic communities of north east India. The plant has wide therapeutic
activity including analgesic, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective and
antimicrobial activity. Phytochemical analysis revealed that it contains
flavonoids, tannins, triterpenes, saponins, cardiac glycoside with a small
number of resins. Traditionally, it has been used to cure chronic fever,
malaria, dysentery, urinary disorder, irregular menstruation, etc. The present
review attempts to provide comprehensive information about the
phytochemistry and therapeutic application of D. sinuata
we recorded a total of 1376 wild and naturalized vascular plant taxa representing 1364 species belonging to 701 genera and 153 families, of which 95% of the taxa are based on primary collections. Of the 319 endemic species of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 111 species are located in South Andaman Islands and 35 of them strict endemics to this region.
Urticaceae comprises five tribes. Most specimens can be identified to tribe, many to genus, by the non-specialist. Keys are provided to the tribes and to the genera within each tribe, based on the more easily observable diagnostic characters. Additional notes to each genus are also given.
A forest flora of the Andaman Islands
- C E Parkinson
Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A forest flora of the Andaman
Islands. Bishen Singh and Mahendrapal Singh,
(Repr. ed.), Dehradun.
Supplementary list of angiosperms recorded (1983-1993) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- P P S N Lakshminarashimhan
- Rao
Lakshminarashimhan, P. & P.S.N. Rao 1996.
Supplementary list of angiosperms recorded
(1983-1993) from Andaman and Nicobar
Islands. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20: 175-185.