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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH402 : Lobelia alsinoides Lam.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Lobeliaceae
Genus : Lobelia
Species : Lobelia alsinoides Lam.
Plant Location in Melghat : Churakund Circle  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Red List Category - Least Concern  
Plant Family : Lobeliaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Chickweed Lobelia
 
Synonym : Dortmanna alsinodes (Lam.) Kuntze.
Lobelia alsinoides f. elongata (Danguy) E.Wimm.
Lobelia alsinoides var. hirta (E.Wimm. ex Danguy) E.Wimm.
Lobelia chinensis var. hirta E.Wimm. ex Danguy.
Lobelia microcarpa C.B.Clarke.
Lobelia stipularis Roth ex Schult.
Lobelia triangulata Roxb.
Rapuntium alsinoides (Lam.) C.Presl.
Description : Herbs, 5.15 cm tall. Leaves 1.5.2.0 x 0.7.1.5 cm, ovate or oblong, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate, margins crenate. Flowers blue, forming lax, terminal, leafy racemes. Capsules c 0.4 cm long. Decumbent herbs, rooting from lower nodes, stem 3-winged. Leaves 1-2 x 1-1.5 cm, ovate-orbicular, apex obtuse, crenate, petiolate; petiole 3 mm broad; upper leaves sessile, elliptic, acute, smaller. Flowers in terminal raceme; sepals 5 mm long, lanceolate; corolla blue,10 mm long, upper 3 lobes obovate, lower 2 lobes narrower. Capsule 6 mm long, glabrous; seeds trigonous, brown.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Treatment of liver disorders like jaundice
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Dhole PA; "Further additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) Maharashtra, India"; Int. J. of Life Science (2014); 2(2): 185-186 PMID :