| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 363 |
| Synonym | : | Capraria durantifolia L.;
Conobea verticillaris Hort. Berol. ex Spreng.;
Conobea viscosa Schrank;
Phelypaea erecta P. Br.;
Stemodia arizonica Pennell;
Stemodia berteroana Benth.;
Stemodia bissei N.N. Tzvel.;
Stemodia chilensis Benth.;
Stemodia durantifolia var. chilensis (Benth.) C.C. Cowan;
Stemodia ehrenbergiana Schltdl.;
Stemodia erecta (P. Browne) Minod;
Stemodia verticillaris Link;
Stemodiacra berteroana (Benth.) Kuntze;
Stemodiacra chilensis (Benth.) Kuntze;
Stemodiacra durantifolia (L.) Kuntze;
Stemodiacra ehrenbergiana (Schltdl.) Kuntze;
Veronica caulehexandra Sloane; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Talap, Taukla |
| Plant Family | : | Plantaginaceae |
| Description | : | a perennial herb producing a hairy, glandular, erect stem 10 to 50 centimeters tall. The toothed lance-shaped leaves are found in pairs or triplets at stem nodes, their bases often clasping the stem. The inflorescence is a raceme of violet flowers, each centimeter-long corolla held in a calyx of hairy, pointed sepals. The plant can be seen in bloom throughout most of the year. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | antifertility |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7109665
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew_2586268 |
| 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 | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Plantaginaceae |
| Genus | : Stemodia L. - twintip |
| Species | : Stemodia angustifolia |