Trichodesma indicum (L.) R. Br.
Trichodesma indicum (L.) R. Br.
MH155 : Trichodesma indicum (L.) R. Br.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 316 |
| Synonym | : | Borago indicum L.;
Trichodesma hirsutum Edgew.;
Trichodesma indicum var. amplexicaule (Roth) T. Cooke; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Indian Borage, Chhota Kalpa, Undhanphuli, Katte tume soppu, Kallutaitumapi, Guvvagutti, Chota Kalpa, Adhapuspi |
| Plant Family | : | Boraginaceae |
| Description | : | An annual herb with spreading and densely hairy branches; hairs dimorphic; shorter ones thin, appressed, up to 0.3 mm long; longer ones stiff, up to 0.6 mm long with smaller bases. Leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate, 3.5-8.5 x 0.6-2.0 cm, amplexicaul or nor; middle cauline ones the largest, hairy on both surfaces, the upper surface with hairs up to 1.8 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, lax, few-flowered. Bracts leafy. Pedicel 10-25 mm long. Flowers mauve to pinkish blue or lilac. Calyx 5-partite, hairy, 10-12 mm long, base ± auricled; lobes oblong, narrowed towards apex. Corolla exceeding calyx length, infundibuliform, sparesely hairy on outside; lobes suborbicular, subacuminate. Anthers hairy, aristate-the connectives later twisting together. Nutlets 4-5 mm long, ovoid, smooth, white to bluish. Fl. Per.: Mostly throughout the year. Sporadic, but normally from March-August. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Depurative, Diuretic, Dysentery, Emollient, Fever, Pectoral, Sudorific |
| 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/Indian%20Borage.html
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242426025 |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Boraginales |
| Family | : Boraginaceae - Borage family |
| Genus | : Trichodesma |
| Species | : Trichodesma indicum (L.) R. Br. |