Ammannia multiflora Roxb. - manyflower redstem
Ammannia multiflora Roxb. - manyflower redstem
MH077 : Ammannia multiflora Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 198 |
| Synonym | : | Ammannia australasica F.Muell.; Ammannia japonica Miq.; Ammannia madagascariensis Boivin ex Tul.; Ammannia multiflora f. decipiens Koehne; Ammannia multiflora var. parviflora (DC.) Koehne; Ammannia multiflora f. ramosissima Koehne; Ammannia parviflora DC.; Ammannia senegalensis var. multiflora Hiern; Cryptotheca dichotoma Blume; Ditheca debilis Miq.; Suffrenia dichotoma Miq. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Many Flowered Ammannia |
| Plant Family | : | Lythraceae |
| Description | : | Plant 15-43 cm tall, erect. Stem usually branched. Leaves elliptic, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, ± auriculate-cuneate at base, 3-40 mm log, 1-6 mm broad. Cymes 3(-15) flowered. Peduncle 1-4 mm long. Hypanthium 8-ribbed, ribs obscure in fruit. Epicalyx folds ± horn-like, minute or obscure. Sepals c. 0.5 mm long, usually reflexed in fruit. Petals minute, cuneate, obtuse. Style c. 1 mm long. Capsule slightly exceeding the hypanthium, 1-1.5 mm in diameter. Fl. Per.: September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In stream beds drying ponds,waterlogged parts of fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Antimalarial |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200014626 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Lythraceae - Loosestrife family |
| Genus | : Ammannia L. - redstem |
| Species | : Ammannia multiflora Roxb. - manyflower redstem |