Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.
Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.
Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.
MH482 : Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Cuncea trifida Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don;
Dentillaria corymbosa (Willd.) Kuntze;
Dentillaria heyneana (DC.) Kuntze;
Dentillaria mollis (R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.) Kuntze;
Ernodea nepalensis Spreng.;
Knoxia corymbosa Thwaites, nom. illeg.;
Knoxia corymbosa var. parviflora F.Muell.;
Knoxia exserta DC.;
Knoxia heyneana DC.;
Knoxia linearis Gamble;
Knoxia mollis R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.;
Knoxia mollis var. subcapitata Miq.;
Knoxia stricta Gaertn.;
Knoxia stricta var. parviflora (F.Muell.) Domin;
Knoxia sumatrensis glaberrima R.Bhattacharjee & Deb, no Latin descr. or type.;
Knoxia sumatrensis linearis (Gamble) R.Bhattacharjee & Deb;
Knoxia teres (Roxb.) DC.;
Knoxia umbellata Banks ex Roxb., pro syn.;
Knoxia umbellifera Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.;
Spermacoce corymbosa (Willd.) Roth, nom. illeg.;
Spermacoce exserta Roxb.;
Spermacoce sumatrensis Retz.;
Spermacoce teres Roxb.;
Timonius malaccensis King & Gamble; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sumatra Knoxia |
| Plant Family | : | Rubiaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs or subshrubs, 20-90(-100) cm tall; roots slender, fibrous; branches terete to weakly quadrate, puberulent or villosulous to densely tomentulose. Leaves opposite, subsessile or petiolate with petiole to 12 mm, puberulent or villosulous to glabrescent; blade papery to membranous, elliptic, lanceolate, or elliptic-oblong, 3-12 × 0.8-3.5 cm, both surfaces hispid-pilosulous to villosulous or sometimes glabrescent adaxially, base acute to cuneate, apex acuminate to cuspidate; secondary veins 6-9 pairs; stipules persistent, shortly fused to petioles, deeply 3-5-lobed, 3-7 mm, villosulous to glabrescent, lobes sometimes setose. Inflorescences congested-cymose to corymbiform, sometimes trichotomous, 1-6 cm, densely strigillose to villosulous, ebracteate; peduncle 0.3-2 cm; pedicels 0.1-1 mm. Calyx puberulent or strigillose to glabrous; ovary portion ellipsoid, 0.5-0.8 mm; limb lobed essentially to base; lobes triangular, 0.1-0.3 mm, equal to subequal on an individual flower. Corolla white or purplish red, funnelform, outside glabrous; tube 1.5-2 mm; lobes triangular, ca. 1 mm. Schizocarps ovoid to ellipsoid, 2-3 mm, weakly 4-8-ribbed, strigillose or puberulent to glabrescent; mericarps coherent at dispersal; carpophore persistent, linear, ca. 2.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Oct-Nov. |
| 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 | : | 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 | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Rubiaceae |
| Genus | : Knoxia |
| Species | : Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC. |