Justicia quinqeangularis
Justicia quinqeangularis
MH210 : Justicia quinqueangularis Koen. ex Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 394 |
| Synonym | : | Ecbolium quinquangulare (Koen. ex Roxb.) Kuntze;
Justicia juncea Koen. ex Roxb.;
Justicia peploides var. angustifolia T. Anderson;
Rostellaria quinquangularis (Koen. ex Roxb.) Nees;
Rostellularia quinquangularis (Koen. ex Roxb.) Nees; |
| Plant Common Name | : | |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Decumbent herbs, rooting at nodes, branches slender, 4-angled. Leaves opposite, 1.5-3 x 0.2-0.4 cm, scabrous, linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, cuneate at base; petiole to 3 mm long. Flowers pink in terminal up to 7 cm long spikes; bracts 4 mm long, linear, obtuse, margins scarious; bracteoles similar to bracts but narrow. Calyx deeply 4-partite, linear, obtuse, margin scarious. Corolla 8 mm long, glabrous; upper lip 4 mm long, 2-fid; lower lip 5 mm long and broad, sub orbicular, minutely 3-lobed. Capsule 8 mm long, oblong, acutely pointed at apex, glabrous; seeds 4, 2 mm across, reticulately rugose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaf juice or water extract given in acidity (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227500 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 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 | : Justicia L. - water-willow |
| Species | : Justicia quinqeangularis |