MH194 : Didymocarpus pygmaea Clarke |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
369 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
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: Scrophulariales |
| Family |
: Gesneriaceae - Gloxinia family |
| Genus |
: Didymocarpus
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| Species |
: Didymocarpus pygmaea Clarke
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Dolar river banks |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
Rare |
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| Plant Family : |
Gesneriaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
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| Synonym : |
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| Description : |
Plant tiny herbs; stem 4 to 25 mm tall, slender, curved, bearing one leaf at it's apex. Leaf elliptic-ovate, 2.5X2 cm or much smaller, oblique, obtuse at both ends thin; petiole 0-2 mm long. Pedicels few, 5-8 mm long, tubular, Stamens two, fertile, two, linear rudiments, glabrous, anther cell two, ovate, oblique, scarcely, confluent by their tips. Ovary and style villous; stigma small, subcapitate, scarcely 2-lobed. Capsule 1.5-2 cm long, nearly straight, 2-valved. Seed ellipsoid, small, smooth, minutely reticulate. Flower and fruits : August-September |
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| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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