Family: Gentianaceae
Synonym: Canscorinella bhatiana (K.S.Prasad &
Raveendran) Shahina & Nampy
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Exposed
lateritic rocks
Flowering &
Fruiting: August - October
Distribution: India
Key identification
features: Annual erect herbs; stem quadrangular. Inflorescence terminal
compound dichasial cymes. Flowers tetramerous, Calyx-tube membranous, brownish,
Corolla actinomorphic, pink. Capsules oblong, with persistent calyx and stamens.
Seeds irregular in shape, cubical to rectangular with shallowly sunken sides,
brown.
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