Dicliptera verticillata
Dicliptera verticillata
MH197 : Dicliptera verticillata (Forssk.) C. Christensen
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 381 |
| Synonym | : | Adhatoda hyssopifolia Medic.;
Adhatoda jalappiifolia Buchoz ex Steud.;
Dianthera verticillata Forssk.;
Diapedium cuspidatum (Vahl) Kuntze;
Diapedium umbellatum (Vahl) Kuntze;
Diapedium verticillatum (Forssk.) Kuntze;
Dicliptera micranthes Nees;
Dicliptera ocymoides (Lam.) Juss.;
Dicliptera spinulosa Hochst. ex K. Balkwill;
Dicliptera umbellata Juss.;
Hypoestes umbellata F. G. Dietr.;
Justicia cuspidata Vahl;
Justicia ocymoides Lam.;
Justicia umbellata Vahl;
Justicia verticillata (Forssk.) Steud.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | A much branched, suberect to procumbent, annual herb, twigs hairy on the angles. Leaves on 2-3 cm long petioles; lamina ovate or elliptic, 3.5-8 x 1.5-4 cm, glabrous or ± hairy, basally rounded to attenuate, entire, acuminate. Rowe pink, spotted with purple, c. 4.5 mm long, in dense axillary globose fascicle bracts unequal, enveloping the flowers, obovate-oblong, 6-7 mm long, scabrous on both sides, lower part of margins densely ciliate and scarious, upper half green, apex cuspidate; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, hairy. Calyx 5-lobed to near the base, lobes linear-subulate, 3-3.5 mm long, hairy, acute. Corolla pubescent externally, tube narrow, upper lip smaller than the lower. Capsule ellipsoid, c. 4 mm long, 4-seeded, hairy at the subacute tip. Seeds orbiculate, c. 1 mm across, tuberculate-echinulate. Fl. Per.: August-November. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Bori, Dhargad |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | malaria and Diarrhea |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.phytopharmajournal.com/Vol4_Issue2_03.pdf
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250084294
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/261388 |
| 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 | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Dicliptera Juss. - foldwing |
| Species | : Dicliptera verticillata |