Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq.
Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq.
Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq.
MH130 : Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 270 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | African Bonebract, |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | African Bonebract is an annual herb 25-50 cm or more tall, white hairy. Flower-heads are solitary, 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter. Involucre is bell-shaped; outer phyllaries ovate, about 1 cm, tip long-pointed, inner ovate-oblong, shorter than outer, densely velvety below. Ray florets are yellow, 1-seriate, broadly elliptic, apex 2-lobed. Disk florets are velvet-hairy. Leaves are oppositely arranged, alternate in upper part, ovate, 3.5-7 x 1.5-2 cm, both surfaces rough, base narrowing into the stalk, margin toothed, tip pointed or blunt. Seed-pods are oblong, pappus coroniform, of distinct or connate scales. African Bonebract is native to Africa, Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh to Nepal, W. Pakistan and some other parts of India. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Semadoh,Kolkaz, Dhakna |
| 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
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/African%20Bonebract.html |
| 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 - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Sclerocarpus Jacq. - bonebract |
| Species | : Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq. |