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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH348 : Biophytum candolleanum Wight

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 6  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Oxalidales
Family : Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family
Genus : Biophytum
Species : Biophytum candolleanum
Plant Location in Melghat : Dharkhora, Gullarghat  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Oxalidaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Little Tree Plant, Sensitive plant, Sikerpud, Lajalu, Jharera, Lajvanti, Tintanali, Mukkutti, Pulicenta, Jhalai, Panktipatra, Jhullipuspa
 
Synonym : Biophytum poterioides
Biophytum cumingii
Description : Herbs, stem pubescent. Leaves crowded at apex, paripinnate, to 4 cm, rachis ending in a bristle; leaflets opposite, 10-13 pairs, to 5 x 3 mm, oblong, pubescent, midvein oblique, stipules linear. Umbels terminal; peduncles to 7 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow, 6 mm across. Capsule enclosed in calyx, 3 mm, lanceolate; seeds rugose.
 
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Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :