Linum mysorense Heyne ex Wall.
MH027 : Linum mysorense Heyne ex Wall.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 63 |
| Synonym | : | Linum humile Heyne ex Wall.;
Linum mysurense Heyne ex Benth. apud Lindl.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Mysore flax, Mysore linseed, undri |
| Plant Family | : | Linaceae |
| Description | : | Annual herbs, erect, usually unbranched. Leaves alternate, to 2 x 0.5 cm, elliptic, acute, glabrous, sessile. Flowers yellow, in terminal panicled cymes, sepals 5, 3 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute; petals 2.5 x 1.5 mm, obovate, emarginate; stamens 5, filaments united at base into a short tube, anthers ovate; ovary 5-celled, depressed globose; ovule 1 in each cell; styles 5, free, 2 mm long. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, 3 mm across, depressed globose, glabrous; seeds many, 1 x 0.5 mm, biconvex. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | To open grasslands on jchikhaldara and vairat |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230226 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Malpighiales |
| Family | : Linaceae - Linseed family |
| Genus | : Linum |
| Species | : Linum mysorense Heyne ex Wall. |