Hoppea dichotoma Hayne ex Willd.
Hoppea dichotoma Hayne ex Willd.
Hoppea dichotoma Hayne ex Willd.
MH150 : Hoppea dichotoma Hayne ex Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 308 |
| Synonym | : | Canscora pusilla Roem. & Schult.;
Cicendia roxburghii Griseb.;
Hopea dichotoma (Hayne ex Willd.) Vahl;
Hoppea dichotoma f. pedicellata S.R. Paul;
Pladera pusilla Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Indian Hoppea, Ram jeeta |
| Plant Family | : | Gentianaceae |
| Description | : | Dichotomously branched, annual, 2-10 cm high, delicate herb. Stem branched from base or above, lineolate. Leaves 2-8 x 1.5-6 mm, oblanceolate-lanceolate or elliptic, acute, entire. Flowers solitary, terminal on 2-4 mm long pedicel, tetramerous. Calyx 1.5-3(-4) mm long, tube smaller than lobes; lobes 1-25 x 1.0-15 mm, lanceolate-oblanceolate, acute-acuminate, entire. Corolla tubular, smaller than calyx, 1-1.5 mm long; lobes 0.75-1.5 x 0.5-1.0 mm, ovate, entire, acute. Stamens 4, 3 sterile, 1 fertile; fertile larger than sterile. Ovary globose, 1.75-2.25 x 15-2.0 mm, capsule many seeded, seeds reticulate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Soft margins of streams |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Bite(Snake), Epilepsy, Piles |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: gluanol, friedelin; friedelin-3beta-ol; gluanone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Friedelin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942200892936
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220006505
- https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/ethnoPlants/show/6793?et= |
| 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 | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Gentianaceae - Gentian family |
| Genus | : Hoppea |
| Species | : Hoppea dichotoma Hayne ex Willd. |