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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH147 : Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) Rolla Rao

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 305  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Gentianales
Family : Gentianaceae - Gentian family
Genus : Centaurium Hill - centaury
Species : Centaurium centaurioides
Plant Location in Melghat : Open ground amongst grasses  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gentianaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Pink Centaury, field centaury, barik chirayata, luntak,
 
Synonym : Centaurium pulchellum
Erythraea meyeri
Centaurium meyeri
Description : an annual herb, 5-20 cm tall. Oppositely arranged stalkless leaves, 2-3 cm long, are oblong in shape. Flowers occur in dichotomous cymes with a flower in each fork. Flowers are 1-2 cm, star-shaped, pink in color, with 5 spreading petals. Five stamens protrude out of the flower. Capsule 8-10 mm.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :