Exacum pumilum
Exacum pumilum
Exacum pumilum
Exacum pumilum
MH373 : Exacum pumilum Griseb.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 38 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | Little Persian Violet, jambhli chirayat |
| Plant Family | : | Gentianaceae |
| Description | : | Stem 4-angled. Leaves to 12 x 6 mm, ovate lanceolate, lower much smaller, 1-nerved; upper 3-nerved from base, sessile. Flowers mostly solitary or in few flowered lax cymes; pedicel to 1.5 cm, enlarges in fruits; calyx lobes 1 mm long, wings narrow; corolla bluish-white, lobes oblong-obovate, 5 x 3.5 mm. Capsule 4 x 3 mm. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Ghatang Semadoh road on moist shady slopes |
| 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.
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Little%20Persian%20Violet.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229755 |
| 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 | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Gentianaceae - Gentian family |
| Genus | : Exacum |
| Species | : Exacum pumilum |