Argyreia strigosa
Argyreia strigosa
MC066 : Argyreia strigosa
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Ipomoea strigosa, Lettsomia strigosa |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bristled Woodrose • Hindi: Baghchooda • Marathi: Masbel, Bhalsvel, Dudh wel • Tamil: Unnayangodi • Telugu: VerriBoddi-Tige, Maya Tige |
| Plant Family | : | CONVOLVULACEAE |
| Description | : | a large climber, 3-5 m long. Old stems are thick, hairless, with rough bark. Young stems and branches are bristly-hairy, with white latex. Alternately arranged ovate leaves, 7-15 cm long, have a heart-shaped base with rounded lobes, and 3-8 cm long stalk. Flower occur in dense hairy corymb-like cymes. The stout, hairy peduncle is 5-20 cm long. Bell-shaped, rose-purple flowers are 2-5 cm long, The flower tube swollen beyond the sepals. Mid-petal bands are sparsely whitish bristle-hairy. Five stamens, do not protrude out. Fruit is 2 cm, red, enclose in a hairy sepal covering. Flowering: November-December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Convolvulaceae - Morning glory family |
| Genus | : Argyreia |
| Species | : Argyreia strigosa |