Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH436 : Gantelbua urens (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Hemigraphis urens (Heyne ex Roth) J.R.I. Wood; Hemigraphis dura (Nees) T. Anders.; Ruellia crispa Roxb. ex T. Anders.; Ruellia dura Nees.; Ruellia urens Heyne ex Roth.;

Plant Common Name : -

Plant Family : Acanthaceae

Description : Diffuse herbs with sharp bristles. Flowers blue in dense heads, covered with white-yellowish hair. Capsules grooved.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew_2816650 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250432

Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :

~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Lamiales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Gantelbua
Species : Gantelbua urens (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.

Gantelbua urens (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.
Gantelbua urens (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.
Gantelbua urens (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.