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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH145 : Mitreola oldenlandioides Wall.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 303  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Gentianales
Family : Loganiaceae - Logania family
Genus : Mitreola L. - hornpod
Species : Mitreola oldenlandioides
Plant Location in Melghat : Belkund, Koktu valley, Dolar  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Loganiaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Mitreola petiolata (J.F. Gmel.) Torr. & A. Gray
Cynoctonum mitreola (L.) Britton
Cynoctonum oldenlandioides (Wall. ex A. DC.) B.L. Rob.
Cynoctonum paniculatum (Wall. ex G. Don) B.L. Rob.
Cynoctonum petiolatum J.F. Gmel.
Cynoctonum succulentum R.W.Long
Mitreola inconspicua Zoll. & Moritzi
Mitreola lanceolata Torr. ex Croom
Mitreola ophiorhizoides Rich.
Mitreola paniculata A. DC.
Mitreola swartzii G. Don
Ophiorrhiza mitreola L.
Selenocera secundiflora Zipp. ex Span.


Description : Erect, annual herbs up to 50 cm tall. Leaves membranous, 3-7.5 x 1.5-3 cm, oblong, acute or acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, base tapering and decurrent into a petiole. Flowers in axillary and terminal, dichotomous cymes; bracts lanceolate-subulate. Corolla 5-lobed. Capsules wedge-shaped, veined, ca 0.4 cm long; seeds twice as long as broad, oblong, rounded at the ends, obscurely trigonous, pale, smooth and shining.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :