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Entire Enumerated Details About Adenium GSJ: Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2019 ISSN 2320-9186 741 Entire enumerated details about family includes more than 415 genera and adenium obesum about 4600 species. These family is distributed primarily in tropical and sub tropical regions all over the world. It belongs to the order Gentianales. Other names of the plant are Sabi star , Kuda, Mock, Impala lily and Desert rose. In this paper the basic knowledge about the plant Vimal raj .K ,Siddharth.g , external and internal morphology, Sakthivel murugan.mn physiology and the nutritional requirements of the plant for it’s growth and metabolic Dept: microbiology review article activity. This plant requires the minimal amount of the water therefore it was named Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, as desert rose. It is an angiospermic woody Tamilnadu , India plant. This exquisite plant was mostly found [email protected]. in house. Its look so woody but not sturdy, the compound flower appears like a rose . In this plant the bottom portion is so broader than its top. It looks like a tree but, it is a Siddharth.G shrub .It has an ability to grow in a small Dept: microbiology review article container. This plant is less toxic in nature not only for humans also for the elephant via Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, it may have the ability to penetrate through Tamilnadu, India the skin and causes intoxication. [email protected]. INTRODUCTION: Sakthivel murugan .N Adenium obesum is an ornamental plant and its origin is from Dept: microbiology review article Africa, its common name is desert rose. In Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, this present world it plays a vital role as an Tamilnadu, India ornamental plant in houses particularly in India. In this plant more difficulties are [email protected]. associated in India, because of the wet and warm weather. India eagerly involves in work to isolate medicinal values from this Abstract : plant. Basically it plays its own natural activity and it belongs to the family The ornamental plant Adenium obesum is apocynaceae (dogbane family). This family the most Beautiful plant . This plant comes mostly included in tropical species. The under the family Apocynaceae, this family is flower looks like a rose but it is totally also called as the dogbane family. This GSJ© 2019 www.globalscientificjournal.com GSJ: Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2019 ISSN 2320-9186 742 unrelated to other rose family. The former Kingdom : Plantae family Asclepiadaceae is included in family Apocynaceae according to angiosperm Sub kingdom: Tracheobionta phylogeny group III (APG III) modern, Sub division : Spermatophyta largely molecular-based system of flowering plant taxonomy. An updated Division: Magnoliophyta classification, including 366 genera, 25 Class: Magnoliopsida tribes and 49 sub tribes. In the olden literature it is referred as A.arabicum. In Subclass: Asteridae lower-Sahara region of Africa is fully covered with these plant and that place is Order: Gentianales also the origin of that plant and some of the Family : Apocynaceae places like Kenya and estward to Senegal and south to Natal and Swaziland and Genus: Adenium Roem. & Schult. Arabian peninsula were also listed. Different type of substrate is used for the production. Species: Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. These plant inhibit high flowering rate in the & Schult. period of summer. Plant latex and root plays General plant description: a big role in the medicinal activity, its latex is so strike in nature and that latex is looks Adenium obesum is like golden brown in color. It survives at the succulent deciduous pachycaul (with hot condition to save water in their soft thickened stem) shrub or tree .The stem base swollen root and stem. It is only harmful for is attractive swollen trunk is flashy, smooth some kind of the species fish and rat, and bulbous. The swollen base (caudex) is pounded root is venomous for the fish and almost globose to conical, and then moves to fodder, pounded seed is venomous for rat. narrowly cells which are divided to grow. It The germination is so easier, so no external is irregularly branched that makes a unique treatments are needed for this. This kind of and attractive for bonsai and its color is plant is mostly seen in semi-aired climate. grayish-green to browned and its curved The name Adenium is derived from the end, there are color changes found dark Arabic name oddaejn, which mean adean, green to blue green and it is one of the the former name yemen. The fact adenium is observable character. The flower is white or referring it’s grossly thickened trunk. This pale pink to dark rose in color, they are plant is widely used in the warm climate single in nature but found one near the one region. It causes skin irritation leading to and the edges are somewhat dark color and internal poisoning. It is a good source of it inner center is hallow and yellow shadow therapeutic agent. It shows less side effect in color and its shape it was trumpet and its in their medicinal properties. petal is wavy in nature. Systematic position: Plant physiology: GSJ© 2019 www.globalscientificjournal.com GSJ: Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2019 ISSN 2320-9186 743 Vegetative characters: Fruit: Hyphea like structure Habitat: shrubs, woody vines, and Seed: Winged pollen herbs. Habit: There is a great variation in the habit of the plants of this family. They Mineral value of adenium: may be herbs, erect or twining shrubs or The mineral value are based on the fertilizer trees. and the growth rate and the values are differ Stem: Erect, smooth, woody, from one part to another so that they are branched, herbaceous, glabrous, tuber and exploded by graphical presentation. thick, golden color latex. Leaf: Simple, petiolate, opposite In flower: decussate, grouped at the tip of the branches, midrib, paripinate, leaf base is small Fertilizer projection is found. In leaves: Fertilizer 140 2 120 100 80 4 60 40 6 20 0 8 Zinc Floral characters: Iron Sulfur Boron Copper Sodium Calcium Nitrogen Inflorescence: Monochasial cyme. Potassium Manganese Magnesium Phosphorous Flower: Complete, actinomorphic, pentamerous. In stem: Calyx: Five sepals, green, gamosepalous. Fertilizer Corolla: Five petals,coloured,funnal- shaped,hairy. Androecium: Non anther, hairs Gynoecium:simple GSJ© 2019 www.globalscientificjournal.com GSJ: Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2019 ISSN 2320-9186 744 50 Beneficial role play by adenium: 40 30 The beneficial effects of adenium are 2 20 involved in many fields and they are mostly 10 beneficial4 to the humans and dangerous to 0 th6 e microbes presented in our surroundings Zinc Iron are8 given below. Sulfur Boron Copper Sodium Calcium Nitrogen Potassium S. COMP LOCA Manganese Magnesium Phosphorous N FIELD OUND TION USES o In root: 1 Anti Ethanol Aerial cytotoxi cancer extract parts c Fertilizer activity property against 500 epiderm 400 300 2 oid 200 carcino 100 4 ma of 0 6 the Zinc Iron 8 nasophar Sulfur Boron Copper Sodium Calcium ynx test Nitrogen Mangane… Phosphor… Magnesiu… Potassium system of human beings. 35 2 Anti Methan Stem vitro viral olic anti- 30 activity extract influenz a virus activity 25 using influenz 20 a virus 2 A/PR/8/ 15 4 34 (H1N1). 6 10 3 Antibac Aqueou Stem antibacte 8 terial s bark rial activity Extract potential 5 against different 0 hospital borne pathoge GSJ© 2019 www.globalscientificjournal.com GSJ: Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2019 ISSN 2320-9186 745 nic activity extract activity bacterial against strains, Trypano namely, soma Methan Proteus brucei.A olic and mirabilis nd 50% petroleu , of the m ether Pseudo motility Extract monas of T. aerugino brucei in sa, vitro at 4 Staphylo mg/mL coccus 6 Larvici Dichlor Tuber larvicida aureus dal o part l activity and Activit methan against Escheric y e Aedes hia coli. extract aegypti potent mosquit antibacte o larvae, rial vector of property yellow against fever, several dengue pathoge hemorrh nic agic Gram fever negative diseases bacteria 7 Acarici Aqueou Stem acaricida strains, dal s bark l activity namely, activity Extract against Escheric the ticks hia coli, Boophil Neisseri us and a Amblyo gonorrh mma oea and 8 Mollus Methan Stem used to Salmone cicidal ol bark control lla typhi activity extract the snail 4 Antioxi Methan Flower Activity Bulinus dant olic against truncate activity extract the s oxidant 9 Piscicid Ethanol Stem very organis al extract bark toxic m Activit which 5 Trypan Methan Stem trypanoc y. can be ocidal ol bark idal used as a GSJ© 2019 www.globalscientificjournal.com GSJ: Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2019 ISSN 2320-9186 746 tool for skin issues, wash the sap off of the dog's manage skin using a nontoxic, gentle soap before ment of bringing your pooch into the vet. Wear aquacult gloves so it doesn't get on your hands. If ure pond Fido has ingested any of the desert rose, go before to the vet immediately. In severe cases of stocking poisoning, your pup may experience heart of problems that can be fatal in some cases, desired warns the ASPCA. fish species Micro propagation of adenium: was evaluate The term micro propagation is to produce d in vast population of plant in a short period of Clarias time. This technique is simpler and lab gariepin orientated process. In this process the first us forming particle is callus and then the further development undergoes. The micro The one more beneficial role played propagation is done in the MS medium and by the adenium is different cured extract supplement with the NAA and BAP culture from the stem is used for exhibited in certain amount. strong free radical scavenging activity . Toxic role play by adenium : Micro propagation: It rarely gives toxicity to the animals especially dog.
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