Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Buchnera browniana Schinz |
| synonym | Buchnera longifolia Klotzsch |
| synonym | Buchnera macrocarpa A. Rich. |
| synonym | Buchnera schimperiana Hochst. ex A. Rich. |
| synonym | Striga schimperiana Hochst. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Diagnostic Keys
Herbs, 20-40cm
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Rigid hispid erect herbs, to 60 cm high, usually not branched. Lower leaves opposite, 5 x 1 cm, elliptic, obtuse, serrate, attenuate at base; upper leaves alternate, narrower, densely hispid. Flowers pink to bluish-violet, in terminal lax spike of 20 cm long; bracts ovate, acute, hispid; sepals 5-6 mm long, tubular, acutely lobed; corolla tube 8 mm long, narrow, hairy inside; lobes equal, small, spreading, blue; stamens 4, filaments short, anthers not cohering; ovary many-ovuled; style stout, stigma terminal. Capsule 5 x 3 mm, oblong, loculicidal, opening by apical slits, glabrous; seeds 0.5 mm long, curved-obovoid, black, angled.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Grasslands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India, Madagascar, Tropical Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Thane
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Common
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Protection Legal Status
It is found growing wild in the tropical forest
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
- Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 91. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 298. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 966(679). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 194. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 281. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 195. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 513. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 322. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 276. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 214. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 355. 2005.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
- Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 91. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 298. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 966(679). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 194. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 281. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 195. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 513. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 322. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 276. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 214. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 355. 2005.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus | Buchnera |
| Species | Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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