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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH178 : Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 352  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Genus : Dopatrium Buch.-Ham. ex Benth - dopatrium
Species : Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth - horsefly's eye
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : IUCN Red List - Least Concern  
Plant Family : Scrophulariaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Horsefly's Eye
 
Synonym : Didymocarpus aristatus (Blanco) Fern.-Vill.
Dopatrium aristatum (Blanco) Hassk.
Dopatrium japonicum Franch. & Sav.
Gratiola juncea Roxb.
Morgania juncea Spreng. (Unresolved)
Description : Aquatic or amphibious, semisucculent erect herbs; roots spongy white. Basal leaves decussate, 1.5-2 x 0.5-0.8 cm, oblong, base and apex acute, fleshy, basally 3-nerved, sessile, decurrent on stem; upper ones reduced. Flowers axillary, in decussate pairs, lower ones subsessile, upper ones pedicellate; bracts linear; pedicels 6-12 mm long, filiform. Calyx-lobes 5, 1-1.5 mm long, obtuse. Corolla bluish-pink, c. 5 mm across, tube c. 5 mm long; lobes 5, upper lip covering the lower lip in bud. Stamens 2, included; anthers 2-celled, lobes unequal, bearded. Ovary c. 1 mm, globose; stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule 2-3 mm across, globose, on erect pedicel. Seeds numerous, minute, pitted, blackish brown.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :