Reissantia indica

Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 30:466. 1958 (Syn. Hippocratea beccarii Tuyn; Hippocratea cassinoides DC.; Hippocratea disperma Vahl (ambiguous synonym); (Hippocratea euonymoides Vahl; Hippocratea fuscescens Kurz; (≡) Hippocratea indica Willd. (basionym); Hippocratea lobbii M. Laws.; Hippocratea obtusifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Hippocratea pentandra Griff.; Pristimera indica (Willd.) A. C. Sm.; Reissantia cassinoides (DC.) Ding Hou; Tontelea disperma (Vahl) Poir.);

Java, India (Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Bangladesh, peninsular Malaysia
(Perlis, Penang Isl., Pahan), +Singapore, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma]
(widespread), Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, China (Guangdong, Hainan), Sumatra,
Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor), Borneo, Philippines (Luzon, Lubang,
Mindoro, Mindanao), Sulawesi, S-Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.), Borneo as per Catalogue of Life;

¿ pris-tee-MER-a ? — derivation obscure
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maderiballi, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kangunaballi • Tamil: மொரசரக்கொடி moracarakkoti • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu

Woody climbers with looping branchlets. Leaves opposite, to 12 x 7 cm, obovate, obtusely acute, attenuate to the base; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary drooping panicles, pedicellate; sepals 5, ovate, acute, glabrous; petals 5, 3 x 1 mm, oblong, curved, glabrous; stamens 3, filaments short curved out; ovary 3-celled, sunken in the disk; ovules 2-10 in each cell. Fruit a winged samara.

Flowering and fruiting: March-April

Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests

Indo-Malesia

(from India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

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Celastraceae fortnight :: Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé at Uttar Kannada :: PKA9: : 6 images.

Seen this Climber at Uttar Kannada (Gersoppa Ghat).
Bot. name: Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé
Syn: Hippocratea indica Willd.; Pristimera indica;
Family: Celastraceae