Begonia crenata Dryand.
Begonia crenata Dryand.
Begonia crenata Dryand.
MH083 : Begonia crenata Dryand.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 213 |
| Synonym | : | Begonia aliciae C.E.C.Fisch.;
Begonia minima Bedd.;
Saueria crenata (Dryand.) Hassk.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | common begonia, kapru, khadak-ambadi |
| Plant Family | : | Begoniaceae |
| Description | : | Small herbs; roots tuberous; stem usually red, smooth. Leaves alternate, 2.5-6 x 1.5-5 cm, ovate or tri-lobed, cordate at base, acute at apex, doubly crenate at margins, hairy above and glabrous except the nerves beneath. Flowers pinkish, beautifully marked with glistening dots when fresh; peduncles slender. Male flowers: tepals 4, outer one elliptic, 5-5.5 x 4-4.5 mm, cordate at base, obtuse at apex; inner one narrower than the outer, 5 x 2 mm, obtuse at apex. Stamens about 15, monadelphous; anthers yellow. Female flowers: tepals 5, the outer elliptic, 5-5.5 x 3.5-4 mm; inner one narrower 5 x 2 mm. Styles usually 3, connate to half way up; sigma reniform. Capsule 6-7 mm long, crowned by accrescent perianth, 3-winged, one smaller than the other two, 2-celled; placenta divided. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Roadside and valley bottoma in Chikhaldara, Dhakna, Koktu ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Acidity |
| 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
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228904 |
| 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 | : Cucurbitales |
| Family | : Begoniaceae |
| Genus | : Begonia |
| Species | : Begonia crenata Dryand. |