MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH466 : Cyanotis fasciculata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f. |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | On wet rocks | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Commelinaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Nilwanti, Fluffy Cat Ears, Nilwanti | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cyanotis decumbens Wight Cyanotis dichrotricha Stocks Cyanotis eriantha Hassk. Cyanotis fasciculata glabrescens C.B.Clarke Cyanotis lawiana Wight Cyanotis rosea Wight Cyanotis rupestris M.R.Almeida, basionym not validly publ. Tillandsia decumbens Forssk. Tonningia fasciculata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Kuntze Tradescantia fasciculata B.Heyne ex Roth Tradescantia rupestris J.S.Law ex J.Graham, nom. subnud. |
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| Description : | Stem procumbent, tufted, covered with cottony hairs. Leaves to 3 x 0.7 cm, lanceolate, falcate, folded, rounded at base, long-hairy; sheath 1.5 cm long, saccate. Cymes axillary, solitary; peduncles 2 cm long; bracts 2 x 0.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate; bracteoles 2-4 pairs, 10 x 4 mm, falcate, acute. Flowers few, sessile; sepals 5 x 2 mm, united at the base, not keeled, hairy; corolla tube 6 mm long, campanulate, lobes obtuse, blue; filaments 8 mm long, bearded; style densely hairy, bulged below the stigma. Capsule 2.5 mm long, pilose at apex. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The juice from succulent leaves used to treat skin fungus disease and mouth sores. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
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