Acrotrema arnottianum

Acrotrema arnottianum Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 9 1840. ;

Common name: Arnott’s Acrotrema

Herbs; stem very short, densely hispid. Leaves radical, rosetted, to 35 x 15 cm, obovate obtuse, distantly toothed, very hispid, nerves many, regular, parallel; petiole 3-8 cm long, stipules wing-like, adnate to petiole. Flowers 12 mm across, in axillary raceme; pedicel 5 cm long, hispid; sepals 5, 6 x 3 mm, obovate, obtuse, hairy outside; petals 5, 8 x 5 mm, obovate, glabrous, yellow; stamens many, filaments as long as anthers; anthers obovate; carpels 3, jointed along the inner edges; ovules many on parietal placentation; styles 3, recurved. Fruit of 3 follicles, 5 x 5 mm, coherent along the innersides; seeds many, triangular.

Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year

Moist places under bushes along edges of ditches in moist deciduous and evergreen forests

Southern Western Ghats (Endemic)

(From India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
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Acrotrema arnottianum Wight- Dilleniaceae- ESSK-FEB 02 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments(1).

Acrotrema arnottianum Wight is an endemic species of Kerala, belongs to the family Dilleniaceae, one of the three species reported from India.
This is usually seen at low land evergreen forests, particularly along the shady places in southern Kerala. Captured from Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala

Nice picture of the interesting plant!

Is this an acaulescent herb, …?

Nice find. Is this the herb??

Requesting a herb ID_290422-4: 2 high res. images.

These broad leaved, herbs are extremely hairy and are found all along the rocks adjoining the streams. The flower buds appear to be red and hairy.

Thanks!
All the pic from 1-4 are taken around Maruthamala, TVM, Kerala.

Neurocalyx calycinus?

Acrotrema arnottianum Wight

Requesting a herb id_291022_2: 1 high res. image.
This plant has hirsute leaves that are red when young, green when old. Also, the flowers are yellow with 5 petals.
Near Agasthymalai environs. IISER TVM.