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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH200 : Haplanthodes tentaculatus (L.) R.B. Majumdar

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 384  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Haplanthus L.
Species : Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees
Plant Location in Melghat : Raipur Semadoh, Dhakna and Akot ranges  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Acanthaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : Niligiri Haplanthodes, Tentacled Haplanthodes, Nila Jakara, Vhadlem Kalem Kiraytem,
 
Synonym : Bremekampia tentaculata (L.) Srecmadh.
Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees
Ruellia aciculata Roth
Ruellia tentaculata L.


Description : Slender herb, stems and branches 4-gonous, villous. Cladode slender, more or less hairy. Flowers white, purplish, axillary, sessile in midst of cladodes. Corolia 2-lipped, stamens 2, insert filaments flatttened, anthers connivent. Capsule oblong, pubescent.
 
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Reference : ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :