Eriocaulon truncatum Buch.-Ham. ex Mart.
MH473 : Eriocaulon truncatum Buch.-Ham. ex Mart.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Eriocaulon annuum Milne-Redh.;
Eriocaulon ciliipetalum H.E.Hess;
Eriocaulon glabriflorum Ridl.;
Eriocaulon suishaense Hayata; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Eriocaulaceae |
| Description | : | Leaves linear, 2.5--5(--6.5) cm, 2--4(--5) mm wide at middle, veins 8--11(--20). Scapes 5--10(--18) cm, (4 or)5(or 6)-ribbed; sheath 2--3.8 cm; receptacle glabrous or subglabrous to villous; heads straw-colored, subglobose to hemispheric, 2--3 × 2.5--5 mm; involucral bracts straw-colored, 2.5--4 × 0.7--1.8 mm, membranous, glabrous; floral bracts obovate to oblanceolate, hyaline, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Male flowers: sepals blackish, spathelike, 1--1.8 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy at margin, apex 2- or 3-lobed; petals 3, each with a black gland or gland absent; anthers (5 or)6, black. Female flowers: sepals 2(or 3), blackish, free, usually glabrous, posterior one reduced; petals 3, villous adaxially and at margin, apex white clavate hairy; ovary 3-loculed; style 3-cleft. Seeds ovoid to subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diam.; testa hexagonally reticulate, cells longitudinally elongate or quadrangular with ribbonlike bands from longitudinal wall and a solitary, incomplete band from transverse wall. Fl. and fr. May-Dec. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Open places along stream banks |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus | : Eriocaulon |
| Species | : Eriocaulon truncatum Buch.-Ham. ex Mart. |