MH432 : Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Scrophulariales |
| Family |
: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family |
| Genus |
: Striga Lour. - witchweed |
| Species |
: Striga densiflora (Bth.) Bth.
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Umarkhed Forest |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
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| Plant Family : |
Scrophulariaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Denseflower Witchweed, witchweed . Marathi : Agya |
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| Synonym : |
Buchnera densiflora Benth.
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| Description : |
Herbs, up to 30 cm tall, hispid. Leaf margins crustaceous, glandular. Flowers white. plant is erect up to about 30 cm, little branched. The leaves are also often a little broader and with hooked hairs, and are characteristically down-curved. The flowers, always white, characteristically drying blue, are about 1 cm long, subtended by bracts which are leaf-like below but no longer than the calyx above. The anthers are bluish-black (brownish-yellow in S. asiatica). The calyx, up to 6 mm long, has just five ribs. The capsule is about 5 mm long, containing several hundred seeds c. 0.2 x 0.3 mm. |
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| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : |
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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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