Reinwardtia cicanoba

Reinwardtia cicanoba (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) H. Hara, ; J. Jap. B. 40: 328 (1965); in Fl. E. Him. 168 (1966).  (Syn: Linum tetragynum Colebr. ex Benth.; Reinwardtia tetragyna (Benth.) Planch.);

Himalaya, W. China as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal;
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As per efi thread: Reinwardtia cicanoba (Syn: Reinwardtia tetragyna), which is supposed to have bigger leaves and bigger flowers as compared to the Yellow Flax (Reinwardtia indica). It is found in the Himalayas.
For me, a clear difference between the two is that Reinwardtia cicanoba flowers have a longer tube than Reinwardtia indica flowers, which is what makes them look like a morning glory.

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Yellow morning glory from Himalayas : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 3 authors.
This morning glory type flower is found growing in fields in Indo-Nepal border region and Nepal. Found blooming on November.
Interestingly, leaves don’t seem to be heart-shaped at all. I am stumped by this one. Any ideas?

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Would it be possible to get seeds of the plant? It is beautiful and could well be introduced into our gardens.

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This seems to be Reinwardtia trigyna of Linaceae

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I think you are on the dot! Because of some confusion, I had been thinking of Reinwardtia trigyna as a synonym of Reinwardtia indica. In fact, first look at this yellow flower with reddish nectar-lines in the throat, reminded me of Reinwardtia indica. Thanks a million!

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Sorry, I got mixed up again! Reinwardtia trigyna is a synonym of Reinwardtia indica
http://csvh.org/cnnode/show_species_details.php?record_id=36657
This flower has been discussed at length at Indiantreepix.
I think this flower is the closely related species Reinwardtia cicanoba (Syn: Reinwardtia tetragyna), which is supposed to have bigger leaves and bigger flowers as compared to the Yellow Flax (Reinwardtia indica). It is found in the Himalayas.
For me, a clear difference between the two is that Reinwardtia cicanoba flowers have a longer tube than Reinwardtia indica flowers, which is what makes them look like a morning glory. You can compare
this feature in the following two pics
http://www.diversityoflife.Reinwardtia_cicanoba.html
http://toptropicals.com/garden/c21/2236.jpg

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Arunachal flora-5. : Attachments (3). 6 posts by 5 authors.
Id pl. It was a medium size shrub by the roadside.

The genus is Barleria.

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Sepals not in opposing pairs, bracts not seen, flowers not in spikes, stamens more than 2. This may be Reinwardtia sp.

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Appears to be Reinwardtia cicanoba as per this efi page

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Reinwardtia indica Dumort. ??? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

SK 3310 12 January 2022: 7 very high res. images.

Habit : Wild

 

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References:

Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  The Plant List Ver. 1.1 (Unresolved)  JSTOR | Global Plants: Filed as Reinwardtia cicanoba (Buch.-Ham …  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)