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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBursa bursa-pastoris Shafer
synonymBursa djurdjurae Shull
synonymBursa fracticruris Borbás
synonymBursa grandiflora Kuntze
synonymBursa nana (Baumg.) Borbás
synonymBursa occidentalis Shull
synonymBursa orientalis Shull
synonymBursa pastoris Weber
synonymBursa penarthae Shull
synonymBursa rubella Druce
synonymBursa tuscaloosae Shull
synonymBursa viguieri Shull
synonymCapsella agrestis Jord.
synonymCapsella alpestris Miégev.
synonymCapsella apetala Opiz
synonymCapsella batavorum E.B. Almq.
synonymCapsella bursa-pastoris subsp. bursa-pastoris
synonymCapsella bursa-pastoris subsp. eu-bursa Briq.
synonymCapsella bursa-pastoris subsp. occidentalis (Shull) Maire
synonymCapsella bursa-pastoris var. integrifolia DC.
synonymCapsella bursa-pastoris var. minuta Post
synonymCapsella concava E.B. Almq.
synonymCapsella heegeri Solms.
synonymCapsella hyrcana Grossh.
synonymCapsella lycia Stapf
synonymCapsella mediterranea E.B. Almq.
synonymCapsella patagonica E.B. Almq.
synonymCapsella penarthae (Shull) Wilmott
synonymCapsella polymorpha Cav.
synonymCapsella ruderalis Jord.
synonymCapsella stenocarpa (Crép.) Timb.-Lagr.
synonymCapsella thomsonii Hook.f.
synonymCapsella treviorum E.B. Almq.
synonymCapsella turoniensis E.B. Almq.
synonymCapsella viguieri Blaringhem
synonymLepidium bursa-pastoris (L.) Willd.
synonymNasturtium bursa-pastoris (L.) Roth
synonymSolmsiella heegeri (Solms-Laub.) Borbás
synonymThlaspi bursa-pastoris L.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Shepherd's purse
Other
  • Blind Weed
  • Cocowort
  • Shepherd's Purse
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
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
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    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
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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    References 
      Annual herbs, sparsely branched, erect, to 30 cm high, glabrous. Basal leaves 6-14 x 2-3.5 cm, short-stalked, rosulate, oblong-lanceolate or spathulate, pinnatipartite; cauline ones 1-7 x 0.2-2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaul, serrate-dentate or entire, acute at apex. Racemes congested at anthesis, much elongate at maturity, to 25 cm long in fruit; pedicels spreading to horizontal. Sepals oblong, obtuse, ca 2 x 1 mm, usually green. Petals 4, spreading, lanceolate, 2-3 x 0.5-1 mm, white. Fruits obcordate to 3-angled, laterally compressed, scarcely attenuate at base, slightly emarginate at apex with a wide apical notch, 5-9 x 3.5-6 mm; seeds numerous, minute, ca 1 mm long, reddish brown to black.
      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
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: March-October
        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
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Western Ghats, Naturalized, Native of Europe
          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
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Cultivated
            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
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Description
              Maharashtra: Satara Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, 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
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
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                Global Distribution

                Cosmopolitan except the tropics

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki

                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
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses

                  System of Medicines Used In

                  Homoeopathy
                  Homoeopathy
                  Folk medicine
                  Folk medicine
                  Traditional chinese medicine
                  Traditional chinese medicine
                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Homoeopathy, Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2957
                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2957
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    No Data
                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                    1. 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=2957
                    1. Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., Pfl.-Gatt. 85. 1792; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 159. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 38(27). 1915; Bhaumik in in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 189. 1993; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 214. 2005.
                    2. Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L., Sp. Pl. 647. 1753.
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                    2. 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=2957
                    3. Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., Pfl.-Gatt. 85. 1792; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 159. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 38(27). 1915; Bhaumik in in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 189. 1993; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 214. 2005.
                    4. Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L., Sp. Pl. 647. 1753.

                    A checklist of the flowering plants of Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India

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                    📚 Meta data
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                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                    OrderBrassicales
                    FamilyBrassicaceae
                    GenusCapsella
                    SpeciesCapsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
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