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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH471 : Striga angustifolia

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Orobanchaceae
Genus : Striga
Species : Striga angustifolia (D. Don) C.J. Saldanha
Plant Location in Melghat : Grassy areas  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Orobanchaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Thiduvan
 
Synonym : Buchnera angustifolia D. Don
Buchnera bifida Buch.-Ham.
Buchnera denticulata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Buchnera euphrasioides Benth.
Buchnera hirsuta Wall.
Striga euphrasioides (Benth.) Benth.
Striga glabrata Benth.
Description : Annual erect scabrid herbs, often semiparasites; stem obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 1-2 x 0.2-0.4 cm, linear, setulose on both sides, ciliolate along margins, upper leaves smaller. Flowers subsessile, white in terminal lax bracteate spikes; bracteoles 2. Calyx tubular 10-15-ribbed, lobes c. 3 x 1 mm, linear, setulose. Corolla c. 1 cm long, tube strigose on upper half, incurved above the middle, lobes spreading, emarginate and orbicular. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; anthers 1-celled. Capsule c. 6 mm long, oblong, prominently ribbed, setose.
 
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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 (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :