Malachra Capitata, Vilayati Bhindi

Malachra capitata (L.) L.
Family: Malvaceae

English: malva de caballo
Bengali: বন ভিংডী Ban Bhindi
Gujarati: પરદેસી ભિંડૉ Pardesi Bhindo
Hindi: विलायती भिंडी Vilayati Bhindi
Marathi: विलायती भेंडी Vilayati Bhendi

Description: Annual or perennial, erect herbs or undershrubs, to 1.5 m high; stems, petioles and peduncles densely pubescent with prickly stellate and simple hairs. Leaves alternate, orbicular or ovate, 3-5 angled or lobed, cordate at base, crenate to serrate at margin, obtuse or rounded at apex, 3-14 x 4-20 cm, velutinous with stellate and simple hairs on both surfaces, glabrescent, 5- nerved at base; petioles 2-8 cm long; stipules 1-2 cm long, filiform, rarely forked, hispid. Inflorescences 0.5-1.5 cm long, stout bearing 3-7 heads; each head with 2-5 flowers encircled by 3 or 4 leafy bracts; bracts ovate to orbicular, cordate to rounded at base, entire or crenate-serrate at margin, acute at apex with a slightly recurved tip, 0.5-2 cm across, folded along midnerve, stellate-pubescent and also with stiff bristles at margin and on nerves beneath. Calyx cupular, accrescent; lobes oblong to deltoid, acuminate, ca 6x 1.5 mm, 3-nerved with a few stiff simple hairs at apex. Corolla ca 1.5-2.5 cm across, bright yellow; petals obovate, ca 1.5 x 1 cm, ciliate at base, densely stellate-hairy outside, glabrous inside. Staminal column ca 1 cm long, pubescent with both stellate and simple hairs and a few glandular hairs, antheriferous throughout. Ovary glabrous; styles ca 1.3 cm long, glabrous, 10-branched; stigmas capitate, hairy. Schizocarps obpyriform, 5-6 mm across; mericarps 5, 3-gonous, acute at base, rounded at apex, ca 3 x 2 mm, glabrous, reticulate with brownish nerves, whitish; seeds 3-gonous, ca 2.5 mm long, covered with minute stellate hairs, brownish black.

Used to cure Infertility Fresh fruit  Fed to the patient 5 raw fruits daily during menstrual period for 3 months [Herbal Cures: Traditional Approach]

11 Published articles of  Malachra Capitata
1. Allelopathic Effects of Ipomoea Carnea, Jacq. on Malachra Capitata L.
Bhalerao, S. A.; Chaphekar, S. B.
Conference: 1st Conference of the International-Society-of-BioTechnology Location: Sikkim Manipal Inst Technol, Gangtok, INDIA Date: DEC 28-30, 2008
Sponsor(s): Int Soc BioTechnol; Sikkim Manipal Univ; Dept Sci & Technol, Govt India; Res Journal BioTechnol
RESEARCH JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY  Pages: 144-147   Published: 2008

2. Effect of feeding Malachra capitata leaves on rumen fermentation and blood constituents in kids
Tiwari, S. P.; Jain, R. K.; Nema, R. K.; et al.
Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition  Volume: 15   Issue: 1   Pages: 67-68   Published: March, 1998

3.ROLE OF MALACHRA-CAPITATA EXTRACT IN THE CONTROL OF BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
GUZMAN A; FIGUEROA L; ROLON M
Conference: JOINT MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNOLOGISTS, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA, JUNE 4-7, 1990. FASEB (FED AM SOC EXP BIOL) J.
FASEB Journal  Volume: 4   Issue: 7   Pages: A2270   Published: 1990

4. Floral biology and behaviour of insect pollinators on Malachra capitata L. and Althaea rosea L.
Patil, G.V.; Naik, S.G.
Edited Kapil, R.P.
Pollination biology - an analysis.  Pages: 267-271   Published: 1986

5. MALACHRA-CAPITATA AN INTERESTING PLANT RECORD FOR DECCAN PLATEAU MARATHWADA INDIA
ATKALIKAR S K
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany  Volume: 1   Issue: 1-2   Pages: 169   Published: 1980

6. EFFECT OF SOWING TIME ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF MALACHRA-CAPITATA
BASU N C; BOSE S
Indian Journal of Animal Research  Volume: 9   Issue: 1/2   Pages: 43-50   Published: 1975

7. VARIATIONS IN THE FLORAL ORGANS OF MALACHRA-CAPITATA
BASU N C; BOSE S
Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India  Volume: 14   Issue: 1-4   Pages: 159-162   Published: 1972

8. STUDIES ON LEAF CHARACTERS IN MALACHRA-CAPITATA
BASU N C; BOSE S
Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India  Volume: 13   Issue: 3-4   Pages: 217-220   Published: 1971

9. Malachra capitata Linn, (F.Malvaceae), a new host plant of the spiral borer of mesta, Agrilus acutus Thunb. (Buprestidae).
Tripathi, R. L; Bhattacharya, S. P.
Indian J. Ent.  Volume: 31   Pages: 373-374   Published: 1969

10. MALACHRA CAPITATA L WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS GROWTH YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND SOME PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF ITS FIBRE
BASU, NC; CHAKRAVA.K
INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES  Volume: 38   Issue: 3   Pages: 550-&   Published: 1968

11. FIBRE ANATOMY OF MALACHRA CAPITATA L WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS ULTIMATE FIBRE AND FIBRE TENACITY
MAITI, RK; BASU, NC
INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES  Volume: 38   Issue: 4   Pages: 724-&   Published: 1968