Eriocaulon quinquangulare
MH306 : Eriocaulon quinquangulare L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 528 |
| Synonym | : | Sphaerochloa quinquangularis (L.) P.Beauv. ex Desv.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Eriocaulaceae |
| Description | : | Leaves to 6 x 0.6 cm, falcate, acuminate, glabrous. Peduncles numerous, 10-30 cm high; sheath to 5 cm long, limb small. Head 6 x 5 mm, ovoid; involucral bracts 2 x 2 mm, obovate, toothed at apex, straw-coloured; floral bracts 2.5 x 1.2 mm, cuneate, abruptly acuminate, black, glabrous. Female sepals 3, equal, linear, sparsely hairy, black; petals linear-oblong, hairy, hyaline, glandulose; seeds oblong, appendages entire or cut up into rectangular strips on transverse walls. Male sepals black, united into a split sheath, minutely hairy, lobes truncate; petal equal, hairy; anthers black. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Hepatoprotective 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/243075
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26912176 |
| 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 | : Eriocaules |
| Family | : Eriocaulaceae - Pipewort family |
| Genus | : Eriocaulon L. - pipewort |
| Species | : Eriocaulon quinquangulare |