Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
Synonym | : | Ophelia minor Griseb.;
Pleurogyna minor.;
Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Lesser Swertia, Kiraatha thiktha, Lahan chirayat |
Plant Family | : | Gentianaceae |
Description | : | Herbs up to 15 cm tall. Leaves opposite decussate, flowers blue axillary. Low herb; stem subterete, faintly winged. Leaves ovate, rarely obovate, 0.6-1.8 x 0.3-1.2 cm, estipulate, 3-ribbed, stem-clasping, midrib faintly winged below, base obtuse, apex acute. Cymes to 2 cm, to 3-flowered; peduncles to 1.5 cm. Calyx-lobes 4, elliptic, 5 x 2 mm, glabrous, apiculate. Corolla rose; tube 1 mm; lobes 4, elliptic-oblong, 0.6 x 0.2 cm, twisted; nectaries 2 per lobe, basal, oblong, 3 mm wide. Stamens 4; filaments narrowly winged. Ovary 1-celled; ovules numerous, on parietal placentae; stigma sessile, 2-lobed. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chikhaldara |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaf decoction is given in fever. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lesser%20Swertia.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231290 |
Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Asteridae |
Order | : Gentianales |
Family | : Gentianaceae - Gentian family |
Genus | : Swertia |
Species | : Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knabl. |