Elatostema surculosum
Elatostema surculosum
MH381 : Elatostema surculosum Wight
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 48 |
| Synonym | : | Elatostema monandrum (D. Don) H. Hara.;
Elatostema diversifolium.;
Elatostema laetum.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | One-Stamen Elatostema |
| Plant Family | : | Urticaceae |
| Description | : | Gregarious, subsucculent, herb of moist rocks, rooting below; branchlets to 25 cm, zig-zag. Leaves alternate, obliquely lanceolate, to 6 x 2.5 cm, subtended by several very small leaves, margin deeply dentate, apex caudate; stipules lanceolate. Inflorescence axillary, 1.3 cm wide, subtended by bracts and bracteoles. Flowers unisexual. Staminate: Tepals 4, ovate, basally connate. Stamens 4. Pistillate: Tepals 5. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1. Achene ovoid. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Semadoh Tourist complex |
| 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://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/252379
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/One_Stamen%20Elatostema.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 | : Hemamelididae |
| Order | : Urticales |
| Family | : Urticaceae - Nettle family |
| Genus | : Elatostema J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. |
| Species | : Elatostema surculosum |