MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH429 : Lindernia nummulariifolia (D.Don) Wettst. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | - |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Belkund | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Scrophulariaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Coinwort Lindernia, False Pimpernel, Round-leaved false pimpernel • Nepali: Kankare Jhaar, Pitamaare Jhaar | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Lindernia sessiliflora (Benth.) Wettst. Pyxidaria nummularifolia (D.Don) Kuntze Vandellia chinensis T. Yamaz. Vandellia corymbosa Baker Vandellia nummularifolia D.Don Vandellia sessiliflora Benth. |
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| Description : | Annuals, 1-15 cm tall. Roots fibrous. Stems erect, subquadrangular, sparsely spreading hairy on angles. Leaf blade broadly ovate to orbicular-ovate, 5-12 X 4-8 mm, abaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy only on midrib, base broadly cuneate to cordate, margin shallowly crenate to undulate or acuminate toothed, apex obtuse; veins parallel from base. Inflorescences terminal or axillary subumbels, few flowered. Central flowers sessile or short pedicelled, cleistogamous; other flowers on pedicels ca. 2 cm, sometimes sterile. Calyx ca. 3 mm, lobed to middle or 2/3 of length; lobes ovate to lanceolate-ovate. Corolla violet, rarely blue or white, ca. 7 mm; lower lip spreading flat, 3-lobed; upper lip ovate. Filaments of anterior stamens basally small appendaged. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 2 X as long as persistent calyx, apex acuminate. Seeds brown. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Aug-Nov. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
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