Ludwigia perennis L.
MH080 : Ludwigia perennis L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 204 |
| Synonym | : | Isnardia jussieuoides Kuntze.;
Isnardia multiflora Guill. & Perr.;
Isnardia parviflora (Roxb.) Kuntze.;
Jussiaea caryophyllaea Lam.;
Jussiaea maderaspatana Steud.;
Jussiaea perennis (L.) Brenan.;
Ludwigia caryophyllea (Lam.) Merrill & Metcalf.;
Ludwigia humbertii Robyns & Lawalrée.;
Ludwigia jussiaeoides Wall.;
Ludwigia lythroides Bl.;
Ludwigia multiflora Walp.;
Ludwigia nesaeoides H. Perrier.;
Ludwigia oppositifolia L.;
Ludwigia parviflora Roxb.;
Ludwigia zeylanica Pers.;
Oenothera quadricolumnata Noronha.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Onagraceae |
| Description | : | Annual herb up to 1 m tall, subglabrous or minutely puberulent on younger parts. Leaves narrowly elliptical to lanceolate, 1-11 x 0.3-2.7 cm, narrowly cuneate at base, the apex subacute, with petioles 2-15 mm long, winged. Sepals 4(-rarely 5), deltoid, 2-3.5 x 0.7-1.8 mm, glabrous or minutely puberulent. Petals yellow, elliptical, 1-3 x 0.7-2 mm. Stamens as many as sepals, rarely more. Pollen shed in tetrads. Style 0.7-1.5 mm long. Capsules thin-valled, glabrous or puberulent, 3-16(-19) mm long, terete, readily and irregularly loculicidal, sessile or on a pedicel up to 6 mm long, often more or less nodding. Seeds pluriseriate in each locule of the capsule, free, brown with fine brown lines, ellipsoid-rounded, 0.3-0.5 x 0.2-0.25 mm, with narrow, inconspicuous raphe. Gametic chromosome number, n = 8. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In stream and river beds from Rangubeli, and Jarida |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is boiled in oil and applied externally to reduce fever(Datta and Banerjee, 1979). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Quercetin ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Quercetin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| 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=5&taxon_id=240010123
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225964 |
| 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 | : Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family |
| Genus | : Ludwigia |
| Species | : Ludwigia perennis L. |