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   MH244 : Gomphrena celosioides Mart.

Plant Category : Herbs
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 440
Synonym : Gomphrena serrata L.; Gomphrena decumbens Jacq.; Gomphrena dispersa Standl.;
Plant Common Name : Water globehead, Nirvadamalli, Neervadamalli, Gomphrena Weed,

Plant Family : Amaranthaceae
Description : Prostrate herbs, branchlets woolly. Leaves 2-4 x 1 cm, elliptic, obovate, apex acute, mucronate, spathulate, woolly beneath. Spikes terminal and sometimes axillary, to 8 cm long; bracts 3 mm, scarious, mucronate, ciliate at apex; bracteoles 2, 2.5 mm, ovate, mucronate; tepals 5, 4.5 mm, lanceolate, acute at apex, woolly at the back of the inner 3 tepals; stamens 5, tube to 2.5 mm; ovary 1 mm, 1-ovuled, style 0.4 mm, stigma 2-fid.
Plant Location in Melghat : -
Medicinal Use / Activity : gastrointestinal, respiratory problems, skin infections, abortifacient,

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Aurantiamide; Aurantiamide acetate;

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/pmc/articles/PMC3985246/ - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225809
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 : Caryophyllidae
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Amaranthaceae - Amaranth family
Genus : Gomphrena L. - globe amaranth
Species : Gomphrena celosioides auct. non Mart.

Gomphrena celosioides auct. non Mart.
Gomphrena celosioides auct. non Mart.
Gomphrena celosioides auct. non Mart.
Gomphrena celosioides auct. non Mart.
Gomphrena celosioides auct. non Mart.