Buchnera hispida L. - bluehearts
Buchnera hispida L. - bluehearts
Buchnera hispida L. - bluehearts
Buchnera hispida L. - bluehearts
MH177 : Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 351 |
| Synonym | : | Buchnera browniana Schinz;
Buchnera longifolia Klotzsch;
Buchnera macrocarpa A. Rich.;
Buchnera schimperiana Hochst. ex A. Rich.;
Striga schimperiana Hochst.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Karanji |
| Plant Family | : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Description | : | Rigid hispid erect herbs, to 60 cm high, usually not branched. Lower leaves opposite, 5 x 1 cm, elliptic, obtuse, serrate, attenuate at base; upper leaves alternate, narrower, densely hispid. Flowers pink to bluish-violet, in terminal lax spike of 20 cm long; bracts ovate, acute, hispid; sepals 5-6 mm long, tubular, acutely lobed; corolla tube 8 mm long, narrow, hairy inside; lobes equal, small, spreading, blue; stamens 4, filaments short, anthers not cohering; ovary many-ovuled; style stout, stigma terminal. Capsule 5 x 3 mm, oblong, loculicidal, opening by apical slits, glabrous; seeds 0.5 mm long, curved-obovoid, black, angled. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Among tall grasses in Chikhaldara range |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The dried powdered plant is mixed with castor oil and applied externally to treat scabies and eczema. |
| 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/228962
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Buchnera+hispida |
| 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 | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family |
| Genus | : Buchnera L. |
| Species | : Buchnera hispida L. - bluehearts |