MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH245 : Trichuriella monsoniae (L.f.) Bennet |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 442 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In Raipur and Semadoh ranges | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Van Siliyari, Monson's Knotgrass | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Achyranthes monsoniae (L. f.) Pers. Achyranthes setacea Roth. Aerva monsoniae (L. f.) Mart. Celosia monsoniae (L. f.) Retz. Illecebrum monsoniae L. f. Trichurus monsoniae (L. f.) C. C. Towns. |
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| Description : | Herbs perennial, 5-50 cm tall. Stem branched from base; branches ascending or stoloniferous, white lanose. Leaves opposite or nearly whorled, sessile, grayish green, subulate, linear, 1-2.5 cm × ca. 1 mm, abaxially white lanose, adaxially glabrous, base attenuate, sometimes vaginate. Spikes terminal, narrowly ovate or terete, 0.5-2.5 cm, 3-5 mm in diam., white lanose; rachis very short or absent. Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, 1-2 mm, abaxially white lanose. Tepals 4, light red, subulate-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, white lanose. Stamens 4 or 5, shorter than perianth; pseudostaminodes subulate, membranous. Utricles ovoid, 1.5-2 mm, circumscissile at apex. Seeds brown, slightly shiny, ovoid, 1-1.5 mm, smooth. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Aug-Nov. | |||||||||||||
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| Plant's Phytochemicals : | C-glycosides isoswertisin 2alpha-O-beta-d-galactosyl isoswertisin 2alpha-O-beta-d-xylosyl isoswertisin |
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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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