Alectra indica Benth.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (Figwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orobanchaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alectra dentata Kuntze; Melasma avense (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.; Melasma avense (Benth.) Pennell; Melasma indicum Wettst.; Glossostylis avensis Benth.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Herbs, up to 35 cm high; stems erect, scaberulous, purplish green; Leaves ovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed or lobed; Flowers in terminal spikes, yellow; Capsules subglobose, 4-lobed; Seeds linear.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- October
  • Collector(s) Name : H.O Saxena, M. Brahmam
  • Collection Date : 23-11-1979
  • Collection Nos : 4006
  • Collection Locality : Mahendragiri, Ganjam District
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Based on herbarium specimen
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 216
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Alectra indica. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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