Tricholepis amplexicaulis
Tricholepis amplexicaulis
Tricholepis amplexicaulis
Tricholepis amplexicaulis
MH136 : Tricholepis amplexicaulis C.B.Clarke
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 277 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | Dahan |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, erect, stout, glabrous, 0.9-1.5 m tall; stems rigid; branches angled, ribbed, quite smooth, shining. Leavesalternate, linear-oblong, 7.5-12.5 x 1.2-5.7 cm, quite glabrous, pale when dry, half amplexicaul at base. Heads 1.8-2.5 cm across; peduncles short, stout, angular, bracteate by linear leaves. Involucral bracts acicular, recurved, often tipped with black. Receptacular scales longer than achenes. Corolla 1.2-1.6 cm long. Achenes pale brown, compressed, ca 5 mm long, perfectly smooth, glossy; pappus absent or of a few bristles. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Among grasses on comparatively open hill slopes on Chikhaldara |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231384
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dahan.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 | : |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae |
| Genus | : Tricholepis |
| Species | : Tricholepis amplexicaulis |