MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH083 : Begonia crenata Dryand. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 213 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Roadside and valley bottoma in Chikhaldara, Dhakna, Koktu ranges | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Begoniaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | common begonia, kapru, khadak-ambadi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Begonia aliciae C.E.C.Fisch. Begonia minima Bedd. Saueria crenata (Dryand.) Hassk. |
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| Description : | Small herbs; roots tuberous; stem usually red, smooth. Leaves alternate, 2.5-6 x 1.5-5 cm, ovate or tri-lobed, cordate at base, acute at apex, doubly crenate at margins, hairy above and glabrous except the nerves beneath. Flowers pinkish, beautifully marked with glistening dots when fresh; peduncles slender. Male flowers: tepals 4, outer one elliptic, 5-5.5 x 4-4.5 mm, cordate at base, obtuse at apex; inner one narrower than the outer, 5 x 2 mm, obtuse at apex. Stamens about 15, monadelphous; anthers yellow. Female flowers: tepals 5, the outer elliptic, 5-5.5 x 3.5-4 mm; inner one narrower 5 x 2 mm. Styles usually 3, connate to half way up; sigma reniform. Capsule 6-7 mm long, crowned by accrescent perianth, 3-winged, one smaller than the other two, 2-celled; placenta divided. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Acidity | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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