MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH492 : Platostoma hispidum (L.) A.J.Paton |
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| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Lamiaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Meenagani | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Acrocephalus blumei Benth. Acrocephalus capitatus (Roth) Benth. Acrocephalus capitellatus (L.f.) Druce Acrocephalus hispidus (L.) Nicolson & Sivad. Acrocephalus indicus (Burm.f.) Kunze Acrocephalus indicus var. spicatus (C.B.Rob.) Keng Acrocephalus scariosus Benth. Acrocephalus spicatus C.B.Rob. Gomphrena hispida L. Lumnitzera capitata (Roth) Spreng. Mentha cephalotes B.Heyne ex Steud., nom. inval. Ocimum acrocephalum Blume Ocimum capitatum Roth Ocimum capitellatum L.f. Prunella indica Burm.f |
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| Description : | Erect annual herbs; stem 4-angled and ridged, villous along ridges. Leaves opposite, 1-2.5 x 0.5-1 cm, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base narrowly attenuate, margins coarsely serrate, apex acute, thinly pubescent on nerves beneath; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers grouped in terminal globose, ovoid or short cylindric heads, 0.5-1.5 cm long, subtended by a pair of floral leaves and many bracts. Calyx c. 2 mm long, tubular, 2-lipped, upper lip entire, lower usually 4-toothed. Corolla white turning brownish, c. 4 mm long, 2-lipped, upper lip subequally 4-lobed. Stamen 4, didynamous; anthers 1-celled. Ovary 4-partite; style slender; stigma shortly 2-fid. Nutlets 4, minute, smooth. | |||||||||||||
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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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