Echinops echinatus L.
Echinops echinatus L.
Echinops echinatus L.
Echinops echinatus L.
MH114 : Echinops echinatus L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 254 |
| Synonym | : | Echinops spinosus Herb. Madr. ex Wall.; Serratula indica Russ. ex Wall.; Sphaerocephalus echinatus (Roxb.) Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Utkatar, Indian Globe, Thistle, Utakatira, Oontkateli, Gokhru, Utkatar, Kate-chendu, Brahmadandi, Brahmadande, Untkatara, Utkanto, Shuliyo |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Indian Globe Thistle is an erect branched herb about a meter high. It has short, stout stems, branching from the base, covered with white cottony hair. Alternately arranged oblong, deeply pinnatifid leaves are 7-12 cm long. Flower-heads occur in solitary white spherical balls, 3-5 cm across. Petals of the tiny white flowers are 5 mm long. Flowers are surrounded by straight, strong, white bristles. Flowering: December-January. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Mostly near village sites of buffer zone |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Urinal diseases |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Globe%20Thistle.html |
| 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 | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Echinops L. - globethistle |
| Species | : Echinops echinatus L. |