Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.
Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.
Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.
MH182 : Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 356 |
| Synonym | : | Gratiola ciliata Colsmann;
Bonnaya brachiataLink & Otto;
Gratiola serrata Roxburgh;
Ilysanthes serrata (Roxburgh) Urban; Vandellia ciliata (Colsmann) T. Yamazaki.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Hairy Slitwort; Fringed Lindernia, Fringed False Pimpernel, Kihom Man |
| Plant Family | : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Description | : | Annuals, to 20 cm tall. Stems erect or diffuse, much branched; branches decumbent, sometimes rooting from last node. Leaves sessile or short petiolate; leaf blade oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 0.7-4.5 X 0.3-1.2 cm, glabrous, base amplexicaul, margin densely aristate-serrate, apex acute to obtuse. Racemes terminal; bracts lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as pedicels. Calyx ca. 5 mm, lobed to base; lobes narrowly lanceolate, with a spinelike tip. Corolla light purple or white, ca. 7 mm; tube to 4.5 mm; lower lip almost as long as upper lip, often unequally 3-lobed, middle lobe larger than other lobes; upper lip ovate; lobe apices rounded. Fertile stamens 2, posterior; reduced stamens 2, anterior, forming prominent plaits on base of lower lip. Style as long as fertile stamens. Capsule cylindric, ca. 3 X as long as persistent calyx, apex mucronate. Seeds irregularly triangular. Fl. and fr. summer-winter. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The sap from the crushed leaves is given after childbirth. In Taiwan, the plant is considered an effective cure for menorrhagia. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| 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
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020719
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230254
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lindernia+ciliata |
| 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 | : Lindernia All. - false pimpernel |
| Species | : Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell. |