Geranium mascatense
Geranium mascatense
Geranium mascatense
Geranium mascatense
Geranium mascatense
MH347 : Geranium mascatense Boiss.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 5 |
| Synonym | : | Geranium brevipes Hutch. & Dalziel.;
Geranium choorense Royle.;
Geranium eritreae R.Knuth.;
Geranium favosum var. sublaeve Oliv.;
Geranium kweichowense C.C.Huang.;
Geranium mascatense var. africanum (R.Knuth) Raizada;
Geranium mascatense var. camerunense (R.Knuth) Raizada;
Geranium mascatense var. himalaicum (R.Knuth) Raizada;
Geranium mascatense var. yunnanense (R.Knuth) Raizada;
Geranium ocellatum Jacquem.;
Geranium ocellatum var. africanum R.Knuth.;
Geranium ocellatum var. camerunense R.Knuth.;
Geranium ocellatum var. himalaicum R.Knuth.;
Geranium ocellatum var. sublaeve (Oliv.) Milne-Redh.;
Geranium ocellatum var. yunnanense R.Knuth.;
Geranium tapintzense C.C.Huang.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Geraniaceae |
| Description | : | Similar to Geranium ocellatum in habit, but differs in the larger (up to 3 mm long), transverse, deeply furrowed and puberulous mericarps. Fl. Per.: March-April. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | At higher elevation along moist-slopes in the interior of the forest |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Plant powder is given to improve memory (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242323266
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew_2823582 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII 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 | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Geraniales |
| Family | : Geraniaceae - Geranium family |
| Genus | : Geranium L. - geranium |
| Species | : Geranium mascatense |