Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees
Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees
Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees
MH200 : Haplanthodes tentaculatus (L.) R.B. Majumdar
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 384 |
| Synonym | : | Bremekampia tentaculata (L.) Srecmadh.;
Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees;
Ruellia aciculata Roth;
Ruellia tentaculata L.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Niligiri Haplanthodes, Tentacled Haplanthodes, Nila Jakara, Vhadlem Kalem Kiraytem, |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Slender herb, stems and branches 4-gonous, villous. Cladode slender, more or less hairy. Flowers white, purplish, axillary, sessile in midst of cladodes. Corolia 2-lipped, stamens 2, insert filaments flatttened, anthers connivent. Capsule oblong, pubescent. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Raipur Semadoh, Dhakna and Akot ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| 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://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229874 |
| Reference | : | ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388 ~ 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 | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Haplanthus L. |
| Species | : Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees |