Oldenlandia umbellata Inbooral Chay-Root

Oldenlandia umbellata Linn.
Synonym: Hedyotis umbellata (Linn.) Lam.
Family:Rubiaceae
English:Indian Madder, Chay-Root.
Siddha/Tamil: Inbooral.
Telugu: Chiruveru చిరువేరు
Folk: Chiraval (Maharashtra)
Uses: Leaves and roots—used in bronchitis, asthma, consumption. The plant gave anthraquinone derivatives. The root gave alizarin, rubichloric acid and ruberythric acid, also anthraquinones. Purpurin, pupuroxanthin carboxylic acid, present in Madder (Rubia tinctorum), are almost entirely absent.

Published articles

1.    Anthraquinones dye production using root cultures of Oldenlandia umbellata L.
Siva Ramamoorthy; Mayes Sean; Behera Shuvra Kanta; et al.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS  Volume: 37   Issue: 1   Pages: 415-419   DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.12.027   Published: MAY 2012
2.    Induction of somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis in Oldenlandia umbellata L., a dye-yielding medicinal plant
Siva R.; Rajasekaran C.; Mudgal Gaurav
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE  Volume: 98   Issue: 2   Pages: 205-211   DOI: 10.1007/s11240-009-9553-7   Published: AUG 2009
3.    Characterisation of novel pH indicator of natural dye Oldenlandia umbellata L.
Ramamoorthy Siva; Mudgal Gaurav; Rajesh D.; et al.
NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH  Volume: 23   Issue: 13   Pages: 1210-1217   Article Number: PII 914236531   DOI: 10.1080/14786410802696635   Published: 2009
4.    Common herbs, Justicia simplex and Oldenlandia umbellata, nectar sources for Apis florea F.
Varadhrajan M.; Thiyagesan K.; Selvakumar R.; et al.
5.    The in vitro antibacterial activity of Hedyotis Umbellata
Rekha S.; Srinivasan V.; Vasanth Saradha; et al.
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  Volume: 68   Issue: 2   Pages: 236   Published: MAR-APR 2006

Indian Bee Journal  Volume: 62   Issue: 3-4   Pages: 29-33   Published: 2000
6.    SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLANT REGENERATION IN SELF INCOMPATIBLE OLDENLANDIA-UMBELLATA L. RUBIACEAE
RAO G P; BAHADUR B
Phytomorphology  Volume: 40   Issue: 1-2   Pages: 95-102   Published: 1990
7.    OLDENLANDIA-UMBELLATA L - ADDITION TO FLORA OF NORTHERN INDIA
SHARMA M
CURRENT SCIENCE  Volume: 43   Issue: 20   Pages: 666-666   Published: 1974
8.    CONTRIBUTION TO EMBRYOLOGY OF OLDENLANDIA-UMBELLATA LINN
SHIVARAM.G; RAJAN SS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SECTION B  Volume: 77   Issue: 1   Pages: 19-24   Published: 1973
9.    A CONTRIBUTION TO THE EMBRYOLOGY OF OLDENLANDIA-UMBELLATA
SHAVARAMAIAH G; SUNDARA RAJAN S
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences Section B  Volume: 77   Issue: 1   Pages: 19-24   Published: 1973
10.    STUDIES OF NATURAL POPULATIONS IN HETEROSTYLOUS OLDENLANDIA UMBELLATA L
BAHADUR B
JOURNAL OF GENETICS  Volume: 60   Issue: 1   Pages: 80-&   DOI: 10.1007/BF02985606   Published: 1968
11.    Pollen [exine] dimorphismin heterostyled Oldenlandia umbellata [Rubiaceae]
BAHADUR BIR
RHODORA  Volume: 66   Issue: (765)   Pages: 56-60   Published: 1964
12.    HETEROSTYLISM IN OLDENLANDIA UMBELLATA L.
BAHADUR B
JOURNAL OF GENETICS  Volume: 58   Issue: 3   Pages: 429-&   DOI: 10.1007/BF02986310   Published: 1963
13.    HETEROSTYLISM IN OLDENLANDIA-UMBELLATA L
BAHADUR B
JOURNAL OF GENETICS  Volume: 58   Issue: 3   Pages: 429-&   Published: 1962