Striga densiflora (Bth.) Bth.
Striga densiflora (Bth.) Bth.
Striga densiflora (Bth.) Bth.
Striga densiflora (Bth.) Bth.
MH432 : Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Buchnera densiflora Benth. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Denseflower Witchweed, witchweed . Marathi : Agya |
| Plant Family | : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, up to 30 cm tall, hispid. Leaf margins crustaceous, glandular. Flowers white. plant is erect up to about 30 cm, little branched. The leaves are also often a little broader and with hooked hairs, and are characteristically down-curved. The flowers, always white, characteristically drying blue, are about 1 cm long, subtended by bracts which are leaf-like below but no longer than the calyx above. The anthers are bluish-black (brownish-yellow in S. asiatica). The calyx, up to 6 mm long, has just five ribs. The capsule is about 5 mm long, containing several hundred seeds c. 0.2 x 0.3 mm. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Umarkhed Forest |
| 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
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Denseflower%20Witchweed.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265913
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/51783 |
| 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 | : Striga Lour. - witchweed |
| Species | : Striga densiflora (Bth.) Bth. |