Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl.
Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl.
Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl.
Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl.
Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl.
MH181 : Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 355 |
| Synonym | : | Lindenbergia pusilla Hochst. ex E. Chiovenda;
Lindenbergia ruderalis Kuntze;
Lindenbergia urticiifolia Lehm.;
Stemodia littoralis Boiss.;
Stemodia muraria Roxb. ex D. Don;
Stemodia ruderalis Blanco.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Patthar-chatti; Dhol; Wall Lindenbergia; |
| Plant Family | : | Orobanchaceae |
| Description | : | an annual herb, 10-40 cm tall. This wall and rock-loving plant varies from being hairy to nearly hairless. Primary root undeveloped, lateral roots numerous and fibrous. Cylindrical stems are simple or often branched, straight or ascending. Leaf stalk is slender, hairy; leaf blade ovate, 2.5-6 cm, thin, nearly membranous, finely hairy or hairless, base wedgeshaped. The leaf margin away from the base has rounded teeth. Tip is acute to obtuse. Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Pedicel 1-5 mm, hairy. Calyx 4-5 mm, densely hairy; tube membranous, somewhat white; sepals equal, oblong-ovate. Flowers yellow, 8-9 mm; tube slightly longer than sepals, hairy; limb subglabrous; lower lip conspicuously creased, petals oblong-ovate, subequal, and apically obtuse; upper lip truncate, emarginate. Anthers circular, stalked. Ovary and style densely covered with long hairs. Stigma spherical, hairless. Capsule ovoid-spherical, to 5 mm, densely hairy. Seeds yellow, 0.5-0.7 mm. Flowering: July-October. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Ringworms; Itching; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Apigenin; Beta-sitosterol; Mannitol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Apigenin; |
| 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/Wall%20Lindenbergia.html
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210001029 |
| 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 | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Orobanchaceae |
| Genus | : Lindenbergia |
| Species | : Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl. |