Mimulus strictus Bth.
Mimulus strictus Bth.
Mimulus strictus Bth.
Mimulus strictus Bth.
MH430 : Mimulus strictus Benth.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Mimulus angustifolius Hochst. ex A. Rich. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Erect Monkey Flower |
| Plant Family | : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Description | : | a perennial herb, branched about the base, erect, ascending or decumbent, leafy, hairless, shining, 6-20 inches tall. Branches are tetragonal, leaves linear-oval or lanceshaped, bluntly narrowed at the tip, somewhat heart-shaped or blunt, or the lower wedge-shaped at the stalkless or nearly stalkless or shortly stalked base, nearly entire or repand or finely toothed, 1.2-6 cm long, 2-15 mm broad. Flowers are solitary in each axil, rather numerous, about 1 cm long, flower-cluster-stalks rather slender, mostly 1.2-3.7 cm long, calyx about 6 mm long in flower, 8-10 mm long in fruit, teeth short, triangular, pointed. Flowers are white or pink and white or white and delicately spotted with yellow. Capsules are oval, about 6 mm long. Erect Monkey Flower is widespread in Tropical Africa, India and Australia. It is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal till altitudes of 1600-500 m. Flowering: February-May. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| 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://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/261236
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Erect%20Monkey%20Flower.html |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family |
| Genus | : Mimulus L. - monkeyflower |
| Species | : Mimulus strictus Bth. |