MH136 : Tricholepis amplexicaulis C.B.Clarke |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
277 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Asterales |
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: Asteraceae |
| Genus |
: Tricholepis |
| Species |
: Tricholepis amplexicaulis |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Among grasses on comparatively open hill slopes on Chikhaldara |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
UNCOMMON |
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| Plant Family : |
Asteraceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Dahan |
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| Synonym : |
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| Description : |
Herbs, erect, stout, glabrous, 0.9-1.5 m tall; stems rigid; branches angled, ribbed, quite smooth, shining. Leavesalternate, linear-oblong, 7.5-12.5 x 1.2-5.7 cm, quite glabrous, pale when dry, half amplexicaul at base. Heads 1.8-2.5 cm across; peduncles short, stout, angular, bracteate by linear leaves. Involucral bracts acicular, recurved, often tipped with black. Receptacular scales longer than achenes. Corolla 1.2-1.6 cm long. Achenes pale brown, compressed, ca 5 mm long, perfectly smooth, glossy; pappus absent or of a few bristles. |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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