Fimbristylis ovata
Fimbristylis ovata
MH319 : Fimbristylis ovata (Burm.f.) J.Kern
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 541 |
| Synonym | : | Abildgaardia compressa J.Presl & C.Presl.;
Abildgaardia indica (Rich.) Nees.;
Abildgaardia javanensis Gand.;
Abildgaardia monostachya (L.) Vahl.;
Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral.;
Abildgaardia rottboelliana Nees.;
Carex ovata Burm.f.;
Cyperus caribaeus Pers., nom. illeg.;
Cyperus indicus Rich.;
Cyperus monostachyos L.;
Fimbristylis compressa Fern.-Vill.;
Fimbristylis monostachya (L.) Hassk.;
Iria caribea Steud.;
Iria indica (Rich.) Schult.;
Iria monostachya (L.) Kuntze;
Scirpus monostachyus (L.) Kuntze;
Scirpus schoenoides Roxb., nom. illeg.;
Xyris brasiliensis Spreng.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Perennials. Rhizomes short. Culms tufted, 15-35 cm tall, slender. Leaves 1/2-2/3 as long as culm; leaf blade 0.5-1 mm wide, apex acute. Involucral bracts 1-3, glumelike but basalmost sometimes leaflike, 0.5-1.8 cm, apex with a 2-3 mm awn. Inflorescences reduced to a single terminal spikelet, ovoid, ellipsoid, or oblong-ovoid, 7-13 × ca. 5 mm, slightly compressed, with basal glumes distichous and apical ones spirally imbricate. Glumes yellowish green, broadly ovate to ovate, 3-6 mm, leathery, shiny, abaxially 3-veined, midvein prominent and excurrent into a mucro. Stamens 3. Style 3-sided, basally inflated; stigmas 3. Nutlet shortly stipitate, obovoid, ca. 2 mm, 3-sided, prominently verruculose. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep. 2n = 10. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | chronic inflammatory diseases |
| 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
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242413194
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Fimbristylis+ovata
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243346
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25966170 |
| Reference | : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ 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 | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae - Sedge family |
| Genus | : Fimbristylis Vahl. - fimbry |
| Species | : Fimbristylis ovata |