Tamarix dioica Roxb. ex Roth
MS127 : Tamarix dioca Roxb. Ex. Roth
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Tamarix dioica* Roxb.;
Tamarix longe-pedunculata Blatt. & Hallb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Gaz, Jhau |
| Plant Family | : | TAMARICACEAE |
| Description | : | Shrub or under-sized tree with reddish bark, entirely glabrous, leaves vaginate, abruptly acuminate, 1.5-3 mm long, with a broad whitish margin. Plants dioecious. Recemes aestival, simple or loosely compound male racemes, 3-8 cm long, 7-8 mm broad, compact, female raceme as long as the male raceme or somewhat longer, 3-5 mm broad. Flowers purple or purplish pink, subsessile. Bracts semiamplexicaul, triangular, acuminate, 2.5-3 mm long, 1 mm broad. Sepals 5, ovate to broadly ovate or somewhat orbicular, c. 2 mm long, c. 1.5 mm broad, almost entire, obtuse. Petals 5, free, obovate, 2.5 mm long, 1-1.25 mm broad, entire, obtuse. Stamens 5, filaments filiform, 1.75-2 mm long, inserted in between the notches of the disc (mesodiscine disc), notches almost entire to slightly emarginate, anthers obtuse, ± sagittate; stamens abortive in the female flowers. Styles 3 as long as the ovary or slightly shorter, exserted, ovary triquetrous 1-1.5 mm long, abortive or absent in male flowers. Fl. Per.: April-November. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | in the river beds of Sipna and Tapi |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | colds; conjunctivitis; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: apigenin; Diosmetin; galactitol; Gardenin; Isorhamnetin; Nevadensin; Tamarixetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Apigenin; Isorhamnetin; |
| 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 | : Eudicots |
| Order | : Caryophyllales |
| Family | : Tamaricaceae |
| Genus | : Tamarix |
| Species | : Tamarix dioica Roxb. ex Roth |