Centaurium centaurioides
Centaurium centaurioides
Centaurium centaurioides
Centaurium centaurioides
MH147 : Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) Rolla Rao
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 305 |
| Synonym | : | Centaurium pulchellum;
Erythraea meyeri;
Centaurium meyeri; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Pink Centaury, field centaury, barik chirayata, luntak, |
| Plant Family | : | Gentianaceae |
| Description | : | an annual herb, 5-20 cm tall. Oppositely arranged stalkless leaves, 2-3 cm long, are oblong in shape. Flowers occur in dichotomous cymes with a flower in each fork. Flowers are 1-2 cm, star-shaped, pink in color, with 5 spreading petals. Five stamens protrude out of the flower. Capsule 8-10 mm. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Open ground amongst grasses |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| 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.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pink%20Centaury.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 | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Gentianaceae - Gentian family |
| Genus | : Centaurium Hill - centaury |
| Species | : Centaurium centaurioides |