Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH182 : Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 356

Synonym : Gratiola ciliata Colsmann; Bonnaya brachiataLink & Otto; Gratiola serrata Roxburgh; Ilysanthes serrata (Roxburgh) Urban; Vandellia ciliata (Colsmann) T. Yamazaki.;

Plant Common Name : Hairy Slitwort; Fringed Lindernia, Fringed False Pimpernel, Kihom Man

Plant Family : Scrophulariaceae

Description : Annuals, to 20 cm tall. Stems erect or diffuse, much branched; branches decumbent, sometimes rooting from last node. Leaves sessile or short petiolate; leaf blade oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 0.7-4.5 X 0.3-1.2 cm, glabrous, base amplexicaul, margin densely aristate-serrate, apex acute to obtuse. Racemes terminal; bracts lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as pedicels. Calyx ca. 5 mm, lobed to base; lobes narrowly lanceolate, with a spinelike tip. Corolla light purple or white, ca. 7 mm; tube to 4.5 mm; lower lip almost as long as upper lip, often unequally 3-lobed, middle lobe larger than other lobes; upper lip ovate; lobe apices rounded. Fertile stamens 2, posterior; reduced stamens 2, anterior, forming prominent plaits on base of lower lip. Style as long as fertile stamens. Capsule cylindric, ca. 3 X as long as persistent calyx, apex mucronate. Seeds irregularly triangular. Fl. and fr. summer-winter.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : The sap from the crushed leaves is given after childbirth. In Taiwan, the plant is considered an effective cure for menorrhagia.

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Plant's Current Status : IUCN Red List - Least Concern

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020719 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230254 - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lindernia+ciliata

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 : Scrophulariales
Family : Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Genus : Lindernia All. - false pimpernel
Species : Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.

Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.
Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.
Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.