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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH368 : Campanula benthamii Wall. ex Kitam

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 32  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Campanulales
Family : Campanulaceae - Bellflower famil
Genus : Campanula L. - bellflower
Species : Campanula benthamii
Plant Location in Melghat : Along Kukaroo road  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Campanulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Two-Form Bellflower
 
Synonym : Campanula dimorphantha Schweinf.
Campanula canescens Wall. ex A. DC.
Cephalostigma spathulatum Thwaites
Description : Annual up to 40 cm tall, densely hirsute. Stems 1 or more from the base. Radical leaves lanceolate to oblong, up to 3 cm long, hirsute, base narrowed into a petiole, margin serrate to crenate. Cauline leaves sessile, lanceolate, hirsute, apex acute, margin entire to crenate. Flowers numerous at the top of the stem in clustered panicles, dimorphic, larger flowers complete, smaller without petals and stamens. Calyx hirsute with triangular segments. Corolla hairy outside, as long as or longer than the calyx, light purple. Capsule rounded. Seeds minute, oblong, c. 3 mm long. Fl. Per.: April.
 
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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 :