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Shankhpushpi (Species 2)

Common Names


Common Names To be Updated Soon

About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult. f.

FAMILY 


Gentianaceae Juss.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

SUBTRIBE


Chironieae

CLASSIFICATION


Canscorinae

GENUS 


Canscora Lam.

SPECIES


decussata (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult. f. Mant. 3:229. 1827


Plant Description


Slender, erect annual with winged stems; ovate-lanceolate leaves; white flowers in leafy cymes and oblong capsules containing brown seeds.

 

*Description source: Not verified.

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