Amischophacelus cucullata (Roth.) R.S. Rao & Kammathy
MH291 : Amischophacelus cucullata (Roth.) R.S. Rao & Kammathy
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 512 |
| Synonym | : | Cyanotis cucullata (Roth.) Kunth.;
Tonningia cucullata (Roth) Kuntze.;
Tradescantia cucullata Roth.;
Tradescantia glomerata B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke.;
Zygomenes cucullata (Roth) R.S.Rao & Kammathy.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Winchu, |
| Plant Family | : | Commelinaceae |
| Description | : | Decumbent or suberect annual herbs with 15-40 cm long, glabrous, stout branches, usually from the basal regions; branches rooting at lower nodes. Leaves sessile, 2.5-6 x .5-1 cm, narrowly linear or linear lanceolate, succulent, distichous, recurved; sheaths more or less globosely-inflated. Flowers generally 1-2 in all axils, almost included in the sheath pouch. Corolla violet-blue. Stamens with filaments densely bearded with long beaded blue hairs; anthers yellow. Style blue with colourless 2-lipped sitgma. Friut a trigonous capsule, 3-horned at the top with a central depression, included or slightly protruding from the sheath pouch. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/258886 |
| 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 | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Commelinales |
| Family | : Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family |
| Genus | : Amischophacelus |
| Species | : Amischophacelus cucullata (Roth.) R.S. Rao & Kammathy |