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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH449 : Alectra thomsonii Hook.f.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Orobanchaceae
Genus : Alectra
Species : Alectra thomsonii Hook.f.
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare  
Plant Family : Orobanchaceae  

 
Plant Common Name :
 
Synonym : Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr.
Alectra dentata (Benth.) Kuntze
Alectra indica Benth.
Glossostylis avensis Benth.
Glossostylis cordata Hochst. ex Benth.
Melasma avense (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.
Melasma indicum (Benth.) Wettst.
Melasma thomsonii (Hook. fil.) Wettst. ex Engl. & Prantl.
Micrargeria formosana (Hayata) Hayata
Sopubia formosana Hayata


Description :
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The leaf sap is taken to hasten childbirth.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :

Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :