Centratherum phyllolaenum
Centratherum phyllolaenum
Centratherum phyllolaenum
Centratherum phyllolaenum
Centratherum phyllolaenum
Centratherum phyllolaenum
MH360 : Centratherum phyllolaenum (DC.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 24 |
| Synonym | : | Phyllocephalum scabridum (DC.) K. Kirkman.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, up to 1 m high, variable; stems ridged, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves elliptic, acute or acuminate, serrate, upto 15 x 6 cm, scattered hairy on the upper surface, white tomentose beneath, petioled. Heads solitary, axillary and terminal; peduncle up to 9.5 cm long. Outer involucral bracts up to 4 cm long, white felted beneath; intermediate variable, tip often green and recurved, mucronate; inner purple tinged, ca 8.5 mm long, scarious. Achenes ca 3 mm long, glabrous, strongly 10-ribbed. Pappus hairs usually reddish, equalling the corolla tube. Fl. & Fr. Sept.- Nov. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Bhimkund Chikhaldara |
| 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.
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| 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 | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Centratherum Cass. - centratherum |
| Species | : Centratherum phyllolaenum |