Acrocephalus hispidus (L.) Nicolson & Sivad.
Acrocephalus hispidus (L.) Nicolson & Sivad.
MH218 : Acrocephalus hispidus (L.) Nicolson & Sivad.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 410 |
| Synonym | : | Acrocephalus capitatus (Roth) Benth.;
Acrocephalus indicus (Burm. f.) O. Kuntze;
Gomphrena hispida L.;
Prunella indica Burm. f.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chipi, Hairy Gomphrena, Meenangani |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae |
| Description | : | Annual. Stems 5-30 cm, usually much branched, rather slender, quadrangular, with a sparse indumentum of short eglandular hairs. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, c. 2-4 x 1 cm, with a thin indumentum, mainly on nerves, of short white hairs, finely gland-dotted below, crenulate, petiolate. Inflorescence a globose-ovoid head, 5-15 x 5-9 mm. Bracts quadrate-rhombic, sub-tending 4-6 flowers. Calyx bilabiate, c. 1.5 mm in flower, with a thickish indumentum of white eglandular hairs at base of tube, with or without sessile oil globules, teeth ciliate-fringed; calyx in fruit c.4 mm with an oblong, apically rounded upper lip and 4 narrow triangular lower teeth. Corolla c. 2.5 mm, pale pink to purple, shortly 5-lobed. Stamens 4, projecting ± straight for-ward, included within corolla. Thecae globose, unilocular. Nutlets 0.7 x 0.4 mm, pale brown, slightly mucilaginous on wetting. Fl. Per.: October-November. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Koktu valley |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Cold, sore throat, expectora |
| 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://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hairy%20Gomphrena.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266184
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090687 |
| 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 | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Lamiaceae |
| Genus | : Acrocephalus |
| Species | : Acrocephalus hispidus (L.) Nicolson & Sivad. |