Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH488 : Neanotis montholonii (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Anotis montholonii Hook.f.

Plant Common Name : Montholon's Starviolet, Montholon's Neanotis

Plant Family : Rubiaceae

Description : an erect gragrious herb, growing to 20-30 cm high. Stems and branches are hairy. Oppositely arranged, ovate-lancelike leaves are 3-5 cm long. Leaves are long tipped and hairy on both sides. Leaf stalks are 4-7 mm. Light pink to deep purple, funnel shaped flowers occur in cymes at the end of branches and in leaf axils. The flower tube is 5-6 mm long with 4 triangular petals. Stamens, 4 in number, protrude out of the flower. Capsules are black, clustered into a beehive shape. Flowering: July-August.

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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 : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
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Order : Gentianales
Family : Rubiaceae
Genus : Neanotis
Species : Neanotis montholonii (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis

Neanotis montholonii (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis
Neanotis montholonii (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis
Neanotis montholonii (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis