Oligochaeta divaricata (DC.) K.Koch

🌿 Common Name: ब्रम्हदंडी,Badaward(Hindi), ऊंट कंटीलो(Rajasthani), सकज(Marathi), Branched Sweet-Sultan

IUCN Status

Not Applicable : Not Applicable
Neetu Kumari
Author: Neetu Kumari

Hi! Neetu this side, I'm a keen observer of the nature around me since my childhood and I always wanted to share the beauty of the mother nature with others too, so, I'm here to share my observations about plants.

  • Oligochaeta ramosa, Amberboa ramosa
  • Naturally grown
  • Anual, Native, decumbent or sub erect, high, straggling herb.
    Commonly found in dry lands from Türkiye to NW India.
    Stem:angular, striated,scaberulous, Leaves: sessile, cuneate/attenuate at base, elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, surface pubescent dotted white adaxially, scabrid abaxially, margins spinous, toothed or minutely pinnatified, lobes mucronate, entire, often crisped.
    Flowers: Capitula, solitary, terminal, purplish corolla, campanulate, fruits: cypsels blackish-brown.
    Flowering and fruiting- almost throughout the year.
    Uses-whole parts of the plant in neural diseases.

    I'D:Sonu Kumar

    Sources: POWO, iNat, Flowers of India.

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    Flower head
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    A branch
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    Leaf

Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
January 🍎 Fruit Ripening, 🍒 Fruiting
November 🌼 Flowering
December 🍎 Fruit Ripening, 🍒 Fruiting

Systematic position

DivisionAngiosperm
ClassDicotyledons
Sub-ClassGamopetalae
SeriesInferae
OrdASTERALES
FamilyASTERACEAE
SpeciesOligochaeta divaricata (DC.) K.Koch
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