Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH460 : Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Commicarpus chinensis (Linn.); Boerhavia repanda Willd.; Valeriana chinensis Linn.;

Plant Common Name : -

Plant Family : Nyctaginaceae

Description : Diffuse herbs with divaricate scandent branches; stems white, glabrous. Leaves equal, ovate, acute, shallowly lobed, cordate at base, lineolate; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 1 cm long, 3-6 together in panicled umbel; pedicels 13 mm long, capillary; bracts 3 mm long, glandular; perianth 8 mm long, narrow, pink. Capsule 8 x 1.5 mm, oblanceolate, densely lineolate, glandular.

Plant Location in Melghat :

Medicinal Use / Activity : The leaves are crushed and applied to the skin as a remedy for scabies and itching body parts.

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Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book

Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass :
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Nyctaginaceae
Genus : Boerhavia chinensis
Species : Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.

Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.
Boerhavia chinensis (Linn.) Aschers & Schweinf.