Stemodia viscosa
Stemodia viscosa
Stemodia viscosa
MH188 : Stemodia viscosa Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 362 |
| Synonym | : | Stemodia arvensis Steud.;
Stemodia coromandelina Heyne ex Wall.;
Stemodia maritima Heyne ex Wall.;
Stemodiacra viscosa (Roxb.) Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sticky Blue Rod, Satmodi, Nukachuni, Bodasaramamu, Gunta Kaamin, |
| Plant Family | : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Description | : | Glandular-hairy herb; branchlets ascending. Leaves decussate or ternate, elliptic-oblong, to 3 x 1 cm, pubescent, base auriculate, margin serrate, apex acute; leaves of flowering shoots diminutive. Flowers axillary, to 3 per node, forming a leafy, terminal raceme; bracts and bracteoles present; pedicel to 1 cm. Calyx-lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, subequal, pilose. Corolla blue to violet, 6 x 4 mm; tube 1 cm; lobes 2+3, unequal, upper larger. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; filament pairs filiform, similar, 3.5 and 5 mm; anthers disjunct, unequal. Ovary imperfectly 4-celled; style dilated at base; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, 7 mm, septicidal and loculicidal; valves 2; seeds oblong. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | cold, flu, |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Beta-caryophyllene;
endo-fenchol;
alpha-humulene;
alpha-cadinene;
scutellarein; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Caryophyllene; Beta-caryophyllene; Alpha-humulene; Scutellarein; Fenchol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231211 |
| 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 | : Stemodia L. - twintip |
| Species | : Stemodia viscosa |