Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.)Wight & Arn.
MH053 : Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.)Wight & Arn.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 132 |
| Synonym | : | Galactia obcordata (Baill.)Verdc.;
Galactia sericea var. phrynoides DC.;
Glycine tenuiflora Willd.;
Teramnus obcordatus Baill.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, perennial, climbing. Stems puberulent to densely villous with grayish white or grayish yellow hairs. Petiolules ca. 2 mm; stipels subulate, 1-1.5 mm; leaflets elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate, 2-7 × 1.3-4 cm, papery, sparsely puberulent to densely villous abaxially, sparsely puberulent to subglabrous adaxially, lateral veins 4-8 pairs, slender, slightly raised on both surfaces, veinlets reticulate, conspicuous on both surfaces, base and apex rounded, apex sometimes emarginate, mucronate. Racemes axillary; rachis slender, 2-20 cm. Flowers solitary or often 2-4 clustered at nodes of rachis. Calyx ca. 7 mm, subglabrous to pubescent, tube ca. 3 mm, lobes narrowly lanceolate, apex acuminate. Corolla light blue or pink; standard obovate, ca. 10.5 × 7 mm, base attenuate, with 2 small auricles, apex rounded; wings oblong, ca. 9 × 2 mm, base with a pointed auricle; keel as long as or longer than wings, slightly curved on back, base with a small auricle. Legumes linear-oblong, 2-6.5 × 0.6-0.7 cm, puberulent to villous at first, glabrescent. Seeds brown, reniform, slightly compressed, 2-3.5 × 3-5 mm, smooth. Fl. and fr. Jul-Dec. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Dhargad,Bori, Koktu |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | anti-dote for scorpion sting |
| 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
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242322952 |
| 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 | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Galactia |
| Species | : Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.)Wight & Arn. |