MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH003 : Cardamine trichocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 8 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In Chikhaldara range,Shade of tree | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Brassicaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Wild bittercress, Don tondi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cardamine belgaumensis Dalzell ex Hook. Cardamine hirsuta var. subumbellata Dalzell Cardamine nilagirica Schltdl. ex Hook.f. & T.Anderson [Invalid] Cardamine subumbellata Hook. ex Hook.f. & T.Anderson Cardamine talamontiana Chiov. Cardamine trichocarpa var. elegans Engl. Cardamine trichocarpa subsp. elegans (Engl.) O.E.Schulz Cardamine trichocarpa var. usambarensis Engl. |
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| Description : | Herbs, annual, subglabrous or substrigose. Stems 5-50 cm, erect, simple or branched from base. Leaves (all) compound, 1-15 cm, not auriculate at base; lateral leaflets (1 or)2-5 pairs, oblong to oblong-ovate, 0.5-4.8 cm, 0.4-1.5 cm wide, subsessile or on petiolules to 5.4 mm, base cuneate or slightly oblique, margin crenate to serrate, apex obtuse to subacute; terminal leaflet similar to and often larger than lateral ones, on a petiolule 3-12 mm. Racemes ebracteate, elongated or not in fruit; fruiting pedicels ascending to suberect, 1.4-7 mm. Sepals oblong 0.7-2 mm, sparsely pubescent; petals absent or rudimentary and shorter than sepals; stamens 4, all median, shorter than sepals; anthers ovate, ca. 0.5 mm; ovules 8-12. Fruits linear, 0.8-2.6 cm, 0.5-1.7 mm wide, erect to ascending, often subumbellate and overtopping flowers; valves sparsely pubescent or rarely glabrous, attenuate to apex; styles 0.5-1.3 mm. Seeds reddish brown, broadly oblong, 1.2-1.5 mm, 0.8-1 mm wide. Habitat: roadsides, clearings, open slightly moist ground. Elevation: 900-3000 m. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | kwashiorkor, improve healing, good herbal bath for babies, Boil | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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