| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Haplanthus neilgherryensis Wight.;
Haplanthus tentaculatus Nees.;
Haplanthus tentaculatus var. neilgherryensis C.B.Cl.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Profusely branched herbs, branches quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 x 2-3 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, glabrous, attenuate and decurrent at base into a petiole of 4-9 cm long. Spikes terminal, to 5 cm long, cylindrical, densely covered with hairy cladodes; bracts and bracteoles minute. Flowers in whorls; calyx 2 mm long, lobes filiform, hairy; corolla 10 mm long; upper lip 2-lobed and lower lip 3-lobed, hairy; stamens 2, free, anthers unequal, appendaged; ovary oblong, cells 4-6 ovuled, style slender, stigma linear. Capsule 7 mm long, oblong; seeds 6-12, thinly hairy. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Koktu |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| 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
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/262724 |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Haplanthodes |
| Species | : Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) R.B. Majumdar |