Colquhounia coccinea

Colquhounia coccinea Wall., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 608 1822.;
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koh-HOO-nee-uh — named for Sir Robert Colquhoun, a 19th century patron of the Calcutta Botanical Garden … Dave’s Botanary
kok-SIN-ee-uh — scarlet … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: Himalayan mint shrub • Nepali: धुचु dhuchu, फूलपात phulpat, फुल्तिसो phultiso, सानो तुषारे sano tushare, झिप झिप jhip jhip
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Colquhounia coccinea ATJUNE2016/42 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)

Colquhounia coccinea
Himalayan Mint Shrub
Shimla
Sept., 2012

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Colquhounia coccinea Wall. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)
Sharing some pictures of Colquhounia coccinea Wall. shot at Chandragiri Hill Nepal on 19 September 2016 at 8200 ft.
Nepali names: Phoolpaat फूलपात / Saaano Tushaare सानो  तुषारे / Jhip Jhip झिप  झिप / Dhuchu धुचु /  Phultiso फुल्तिसो

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Names of Plants in India :: Colquhounia coccinea Wall. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 incorrect image.
via Species‎ > ‎C‎ > Colquhounia coccinea Wall. … family: Lamiaceae
Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
koh-HOO-nee-uh — named for Sir Robert Colquhoun, a 19th century patron of the Calcutta Botanical Garden … Dave’s Botanary
kok-SIN-ee-uh — scarlet … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: Himalayan mint shrub • Nepali: धुचु dhuchu, फूलपात phulpat, फुल्तिसो phultiso, सानो तुषारे sano tushare, झिप झिप jhip jhip
botanical names: Colquhounia coccinea Wall. … synonyms: status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
August 1, 2012 … along Govind Ghat – Ghangaria trail

koh-HOO-nee-uh — named for Sir Robert Colquhoun, a 19th century patron of the Calcutta Botanical Garden … Dave’s Botanary
kok-SIN-ee-uh — scarlet … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: Himalayan mint shrub, scarlet-flowered colquhounia • Dogri: लाल सुहाली laal suhaali • Hindi: रक्त दैय्या rakta dayyaa • Mizo: kawihthuang-te • Nepali: धुचु dhuchu, फूलपात phulpaat, फुल्तिसो phultiso, सानो तुषारे saano tushaare, झिप झिप jhip jhip

botanical names: Colquhounia coccinea Wall. … synonyms: no synonyms … accepted infraspecifics: Colquhounia coccinea var. coccinea • Colquhounia coccinea var. mollis (Schltdl.) Prain … POWO

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Himalayan mint shrub
scarlet-flowered colquhounia
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लाल सुहाली laal suhaali
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रक्त दैय्या rakta dayyaa
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook
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kawihthuang-te
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धुचु dhuchu, फूलपात phulpaat, फुल्तिसो phultiso, सानो तुषारे saano tushaare, झिप झिप jhip jhip
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Colquhounia coccinea Wall. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 500 kb each.
Location : Chandragiri Hills, Kathmandu, Nepal
Elevation : 8200 ft.
Date : 28 June 2018
Habit : Wild
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Colquhounia? : 2 posts by 2 authors.
Is this
14/10; ca 2500m along a forest road,
Mid-east Nepal
At the yellow trail in sherpaland

Colquhounia coccineaWall.

Colquhounia coccinea Wall. : 2 posts by 1 author. 2 images- 6 to 7 mb each.
Location: Kathmandu Valley
Date:  October 2020 
Elevation: 2700m.
Habitat  : Wild
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sharing the image of an unknown wild flower….
shot near Kolakham-Lava in the Neora Valley NP of the Eastern Himalayas.
Time: December 2010.
Camera: Kodak z980
Height: 5500 feet approx.
I have searched the net once again and my conclusion (conclusion of a novice) is –
1) It is a member of Gesneriaceae family
2) sepal and petal colour suggest a Aeschynanthus sp., might be A. lanceolatus (http://www.infojardin) or some hybrid (http://www.zoonar.html) or another similar looking – http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/47110/#b
3) leaf margin and texture suggest might be a Besleria sp., …. don’t know if there is any Besleria without decussate leaves. This link might be of some use- http://jerojetw.blogspot.html

Looks like some var./subsp. of Colquhounia coccinea

Yes, … seems to be correct.

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Colquhounia coccinea Wall.: 4 very high res. images.

Location: Jumla, West Nepal
Altitude:  2457m.
Date: 17 August 2021
Habit : Wild 

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Colquhounia coccinea Wall.: 2 very high res. images.

Location: Juphal, Dolpa,  Nepal
Altitude:  2500m.
Date: 22 June 1022
Habit : Wild 

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Colquhounia in eFI:

Regarding the Colquhounia coccinea images posted on eFI, I think only Saroj’s post from Nepal is Colquhounia coccinea. All other images from West Himalaya belong to Colquhounia vestita. The reason is as follows:
Firstly, Colquhounia coccinea is found from Nepal eastwards. It is not found in West Himalaya, whereas Colquhounia vestita is found throughout the Himalayas (according to POWO).
Secondly, the stem, branches and leaf undersides in Colquhounia vestita are white-woolly, whereas they are not in Colquhounia coccinea (see the key at FOC). This feature is quite visible in the images on eFI.

The confusion probably arose from Polunin & Stainton which mentions only Colquhounia coccinea and describes the distribution ranging from Uttarakhand, and says the leaf undersides are white woolly. Mostly likely they erroneously clubbed the two species into one.

Any further opinion on ?

After going through details, I agree with you.

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