Lobelia alsinoides Lam.
Lobelia alsinoides Lam.
Lobelia alsinoides Lam.
Lobelia alsinoides Lam.
Lobelia alsinoides Lam.
MH402 : Lobelia alsinoides Lam.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Dortmanna alsinodes (Lam.) Kuntze.;
Lobelia alsinoides f. elongata (Danguy) E.Wimm.;
Lobelia alsinoides var. hirta (E.Wimm. ex Danguy) E.Wimm.;
Lobelia chinensis var. hirta E.Wimm. ex Danguy.;
Lobelia microcarpa C.B.Clarke.;
Lobelia stipularis Roth ex Schult.;
Lobelia triangulata Roxb.;
Rapuntium alsinoides (Lam.) C.Presl.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chickweed Lobelia |
| Plant Family | : | Lobeliaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, 5.15 cm tall. Leaves 1.5.2.0 x 0.7.1.5 cm, ovate or oblong, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate, margins crenate. Flowers blue, forming lax, terminal, leafy
racemes. Capsules c 0.4 cm long. Decumbent herbs, rooting from lower nodes, stem 3-winged. Leaves 1-2 x 1-1.5 cm, ovate-orbicular, apex obtuse, crenate, petiolate; petiole 3 mm broad; upper leaves sessile, elliptic, acute, smaller. Flowers in terminal raceme; sepals 5 mm long, lanceolate; corolla blue,10 mm long, upper 3 lobes obovate, lower 2 lobes narrower. Capsule 6 mm long, glabrous; seeds trigonous, brown. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Churakund Circle |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Treatment of liver disorders like jaundice |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar, P.Y. and Dhole, P.A., "Further additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) Maharashtra, India" Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2014, Vol. 2(2): 185 to 186
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230261
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chickweed%20Lobelia.html
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324138544_Pharmacognostic_studies_of_Lobelia_alsinoides_Lam |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Dhole PA; "Further additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) Maharashtra, India"; Int. J. of Life Science (2014); 2(2): 185-186 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Lobeliaceae |
| Genus | : Lobelia |
| Species | : Lobelia alsinoides Lam. |