Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson
Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson
Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson
Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson
MH204 : Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 388 |
| Synonym | : | Physichilus serpyllum;
Adenosma polysperma;
Ruellia polysperma; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sarapat, Marsh Carpet, Ran Tewan, |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | a small, often prostrate herb. Stems grow to 30 cm long. Oppositely arranged elliptic leaves are 1-3 cm long. Flowers occur in a spike of pairs of flowers, at the end of stems. Bluish purple flower is two-lipped. The upper lip is short with two oblong lobes. The lower lip is 3-lobed, with the middle lobe larger than the others, and also pointed. Gregariously found in moist grasslands of Western Ghats. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| 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
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230010
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Marsh%20Carpet.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388 ~ 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 | : Hygrophila R. Br. - swampweed |
| Species | : Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson |