Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Aeginetia indica L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Aeginetia aeginetia (L.) Huth |
synonym | Aeginetia boninensis Nakai |
synonym | Aeginetia indica var. alba Santapau |
synonym | Aeginetia indica var. boninensis (Nakai) H. Harr. |
synonym | Aeginetia indica var. gracilis Nakai |
synonym | Aeginetia indica var. sekimotoana (Makino) Makino |
synonym | Aeginetia mairei Leveille |
synonym | Aeginetia pedunculata var. abbreviata (Ham. ex Benth.) G. Beck |
synonym | Aeginetia saccharicola Bakh. |
synonym | Aeginetia sekimotoana Makino |
synonym | Orobanche aeginetia L. |
synonym | Orobanche ramosa var. indica (L.) O. Kuntze |
synonym | Phelipaea abbreviata (Hamilton) Steudel |
synonym | Phelipaea indica A. Spreng. ex Steud. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Root stock short, horizontal; scapes many, erect, unbranched, naked, glabrous, deep pink or brown, 15-30 cm long. Flowers solitary; bracts and bracteoles absent; calyx 2 cm long, glabrous, reddish; corolla 3 cm long, dark purple, tube broad, lobes equal, rounded, glabrous; upper stamens with one anther lobe; lower stamen with one sterile and one fertile lobes. Capsule 2 cm long, dehisce apically; seeds many, white, rugose
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 |
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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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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Root Parasite
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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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Wet places
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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
Global Distribution
India: Throughout
Local Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and Japan
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Wayanad, Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, 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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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2678
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2678 |
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Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Aeginetia indica L., Sp. Pl. 632. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 320. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 974(685). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 289. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 198. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 323. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 288. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 551. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 328. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 333. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 327. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 479. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 284. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 218. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 489. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 365. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 590. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2678
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
Information Listing > References
- Aeginetia indica L., Sp. Pl. 632. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 320. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 974(685). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 289. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 198. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 323. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 288. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 551. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 328. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 333. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 327. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 479. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 284. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 218. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 489. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 365. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 590. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2678
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Orobanchaceae |
Genus | Aeginetia |
Species | Aeginetia indica L. |
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