Rotala fimbriata Wight
Rotala fimbriata Wight
Rotala fimbriata Wight
Rotala fimbriata Wight
MH078 : Rotala fimbriata Wight
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 200 |
| Synonym | : | Ammannia pentandra var. fimbriata Wight ex C. B. Clarke.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Fringed Flower Rotala |
| Plant Family | : | Lythraceae |
| Description | : | Amphibious annual herbs, stems creeping and rooting below, erect above, up to ca 50 cm tall, simple or branched, weakly 4-angled. Leaves decussate, sessile, lanceolate to oblong, 1-3 cm long, obtuse at apex; lower leaves cuneate to cordate at base; upper leaves cordate or auriculate at base. Bracts like upper leaves, usually somewhat auriculate at base; bracteoles acute-triangular to subulate, usually somewhat less than 1 mm long. Flowers monomorphic, sessile, solitary in axils of leaf-like bracts. Calyx tube campanulate, 2-2.5 mm long, disintegrating in fruit; calyx lobes 5 or rarely 6, deltate, ca 0.5 mm long; calyx appendages absent; interjected folds rudimentary. Petals 5 or rarely 6, pinnately divided into linear segments, 2-3 mm long, bright pink, showy. Stamens 5 or rarely 6; filaments 3-3.5 mm long, attached to base of calyx tube thus appearing free; anthers exserted, born level with the stigma, deep brown before dehiscence. Ovary ellipsoid; style ca 2 mm long, exserted; stigma capitate. Capsule elongate-ellipsoid, ca 3 mm long, opening by 3 valves; seeds semi-ellipsoidal, ca 1.5 mm long. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In stream and river beds from Rangubeli, Chourakund |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common, Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/251640 |
| 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 |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Lythraceae - Loosestrife family |
| Genus | : Rotala |
| Species | : Rotala fimbriata Wight |