Didymocarpus pygmaea Clarke
MH194 : Didymocarpus pygmaea Clarke
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 369 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Gesneriaceae |
| Description | : | Plant tiny herbs; stem 4 to 25 mm tall, slender, curved, bearing one leaf at it's apex. Leaf elliptic-ovate, 2.5X2 cm or much smaller, oblique, obtuse at both ends thin; petiole 0-2 mm long. Pedicels few, 5-8 mm long, tubular, Stamens two, fertile, two, linear rudiments, glabrous, anther cell two, ovate, oblique, scarcely, confluent by their tips. Ovary and style villous; stigma small, subcapitate, scarcely 2-lobed. Capsule 1.5-2 cm long, nearly straight, 2-valved. Seed ellipsoid, small, smooth, minutely reticulate. Flower and fruits : August-September |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dolar river banks |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://biostor.org/reference/152969 |
| 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 | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Gesneriaceae - Gloxinia family |
| Genus | : Didymocarpus |
| Species | : Didymocarpus pygmaea Clarke |