Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Acanthodium procumbens Nees |
synonym | Acanthus ciliaris Burm. fil. |
synonym | Acanthus maderaspatanus Vahl ex Nees |
synonym | Acanthus maderaspatensis L. |
synonym | Acanthus procumbens Herb. Madr. ex Wall. |
synonym | Blepharis abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. |
synonym | Blepharis boerhaaviifolia Pers. |
synonym | Blepharis boerhaaviifolia var. maderaspatensis (L.) Nees |
synonym | Blepharis breviciliata Fiori |
synonym | Blepharis maderaspatensis subsp. rubiifolia (Schumach.) Napper |
synonym | Blepharis maderaspatensis var. abyssinica Fiori |
synonym | Blepharis procumbens Heyne ex Roth |
synonym | Blepharis procurrens Nees |
synonym | Blepharis rubiifolia Schum. |
synonym | Blepharis teaguei Oberm. |
synonym | Blepharis togodelia Solms ex Schweinf. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Prostrate herbs. Leaves ternate, unequal, 3-5 x 2 cm, obovate, apex apiculate, puberulus, margins distantly serrate; petiole to 3 cm. Flowers axillary; bracts 4 pairs, obovate, margins dentate with stiff elongated hairs, bracteoles 1.5 cm, spathulate; outer calyx lobes 1.3 cm and 1.8 cm, oblong, 2 and 3 veined, inner 8 mm; corolla tube urceolate, 5 mm, lower lip reduced, upper lip 3 lobed, 18 x 12 mm, white with pink nerves; filaments 4 and 5 mm, anthers 1-celled, apiculate, bearded; ovary 2.5 mm, oblong, style 1 cm, with a basal ring.
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: A creeping, wiry undershrub, upto 50cm.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Shrub
Flower
In axillary clusters; white with pink nerves. Flowering from November-February.
Fruit
An ellipsoid capsule, compressed, shining; seeds 2, orbicular, flattened. Fruiting December onwards.
Field tips
Stem prostrate, rooting at nodes. Leaves and flowers clustered at the nodes.
Leaf Arrangement
Whorled
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Elliptic-ovate to oblanceolate
Leaf Apex
Acutely apiculate
Leaf Base
Acute-cuneate
Leaf Margin
Entire to toothed in the upper half
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Bees pollinate the flowers.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Common on bare grounds even in poor gravelly soils, among rocks. Plains from the coast to 1400m. Common to Tropical Africa and India.
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Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Maharashtra: Dhule, Nasik, Pune , Thane
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: All districts
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Tropical Africa to India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Thrissur
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Found on the rocks, bare grounds, and stream banks from plains to 750m. Common. Tropical Africa to India.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Tubers edible.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Medicinal
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 320. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 478. 1884; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 573(a); Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 346. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 345. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 232. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 227. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 507. 2002.
- Acanthus maderaspatensis L., Sp. Pl. 639. 1753.
- Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 180. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 478. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1013(712). 1924.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 320. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 478. 1884; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 573(a); Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 346. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 345. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 232. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 227. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 507. 2002.
- Acanthus maderaspatensis L., Sp. Pl. 639. 1753.
- Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 180. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 478. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1013(712). 1924.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Acanthaceae |
Genus | Blepharis |
Species | Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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