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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH436 : Gantelbua urens (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Gantelbua
Species : Gantelbua urens (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Acanthaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Hemigraphis urens (Heyne ex Roth) J.R.I. Wood
Hemigraphis dura (Nees) T. Anders.
Ruellia crispa Roxb. ex T. Anders.
Ruellia dura Nees.
Ruellia urens Heyne ex Roth.


Description : Diffuse herbs with sharp bristles. Flowers blue in dense heads, covered with white-yellowish hair. Capsules grooved.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :

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 :

~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388