Biophytum candolleanum
Biophytum candolleanum
MH348 : Biophytum candolleanum Wight
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 6 |
| Synonym | : | Biophytum poterioides;
Biophytum cumingii; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Little Tree Plant, Sensitive plant, Sikerpud, Lajalu, Jharera, Lajvanti, Tintanali, Mukkutti, Pulicenta, Jhalai, Panktipatra, Jhullipuspa |
| Plant Family | : | Oxalidaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, stem pubescent. Leaves crowded at apex, paripinnate, to 4 cm, rachis ending in a bristle; leaflets opposite, 10-13 pairs, to 5 x 3 mm, oblong, pubescent, midvein oblique, stipules linear. Umbels terminal; peduncles to 7 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow, 6 mm across. Capsule enclosed in calyx, 3 mm, lanceolate; seeds rugose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dharkhora, Gullarghat |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| 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.
- https://www.gbif.org/species/3626476
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/263755
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Little%20Tree%20Plant.html |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Oxalidales |
| Family | : Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family |
| Genus | : Biophytum |
| Species | : Biophytum candolleanum |