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MH438 : Haplanthodes verticillata (Roxb.) R.B. Majumdar

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Class	: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order	: Scrophulariales
Family	: Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus	: Haplanthodes
Species	: Haplanthodes verticillata (Roxb.) R.B. Majumdar

Plant Location in Melghat :

Plant Category :

Herbs

Plant's Current Status :

Plant Family :

Acanthaceae

Plant Common Name :

Spiny Bottle Brush • Hindi: Kastula • Marathi: Jhankara, Kateri

Synonym :

Haplanthodes verticillatus (Roxb.) R.B. Majumdar
Barleria acanthophora (Roem. & Schult.) Nees
Bremekampia spinosa (Lour.) M.R.Almeida
Bremekampia verticillata (Roxb.) Sreemadh.
Eranthemum acanthophorum Roem. & Schult.
Eranthemum spinosum Lour.
Eranthemum verticillatum (Roxb.) Spreng.
Haplanthus verticillatus (Roxb.) Nees
Justicia verticillata Roxb.

Description :

an erect annual herb, growing to only about half meter high. oppositely arranged ovate narrow leaves are 5-10 cm long. The leaves have two spinous teeth at the tip and are covered with long spreading hairs. Stalkless flowers occur in the leaf axils, densely concentrated near the top of the stem. The flowers, which appear to have five petals, actually have only two petals which are 2 and 3 lobed. The flowers are dark blue in color and have a light green in the throat. Commonly found on rocky slopes in the Western Ghats. Flowering: November-January.

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 :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some ethnomedicinally important new plant reports from Melghat"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2008); 32(Suppl.): 214-215. PMID :