MH326 : Tonningia axillaris (L.) Kuntze |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
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| Class |
: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Order |
: Commelinales |
| Family |
: Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family |
| Genus |
: Tonningia L. |
| Species |
: Tonningia axillaris (L.) O. Kize. |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Chaurakund |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
Red List Category - Least Concern |
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| Plant Family : |
Commelinaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Creeping Cradle Plant, Kana, Bechka, Vazhukai pul, Golla gundi, Kodi kalu, Negalu kanne soppu |
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| Synonym : |
Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet.
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| Description : |
Annual Herbs. Leaf Sheaths inflated, enclosing flowers. Seeds dark brown with conical tip. Fleshy decumbent, glabrous herbs, rooting at lower nodes, often purple-suffused. Leaves 3-7 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear, apex acute or acuminate; sheath to 7 mm long, mouth ciliate. Inflorescence in axillary cymose clusters, enclosed within the leaf sheath. Bracteoles 1-2 mm long, linear. Flowers 6-7 mm across. Calyx connate, tube 2-4 mm long, pilose; lobes lanceolate. Corolla blue; tube to 3 mm, lobes to 4 mm, ovate. Stamens 6; filaments pink with purple pilose hairs. Ovary c. 1.5 mm, woolly, 3-celled; ovules 2 per cell on axile placentae; style c.1.5 mm long, pilose; stigma 3-fid. Capsule 5-6 mm long, oblong, apex beaked. Seeds 6, c. 2 mm, oblong, pitted. |
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| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : |
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| Reference : |
~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :
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