Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 67: 118 (2013). (syn: Hedyotis polycarpa R.Br. ex G.Don; Hedyotis scandens Roxb.; Hedyotis subscandens Griff. in W.Griffith; Hedyotis volubilis R.Br. ex Wall.; Oldenlandia scandens (Roxb.) Kuntze; Petesia hita Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) as per WCSP; . Central Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Khagai niumba; Pinase lahara, Kanchiru, Baksi lahara, Bokri lahara., Kannasey lahara . Large climbing shrub 2-3m. Stems glabrous or minutely pubescent, terete.Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, sessile or very shortly petiolate; lamina elliptic or lanceolate, 3-15 x 1-4.5cm, acuminate or caudate, base cuneate, glabrous, with thickened revolute margin; stipules connate, forming a small, broad shallow cup with two lateral cups. Inflorescence a terminal trichotomously, branched panicle of flat-topped or domed cymes; axis peduncles and pedicels, densely puberulent; peduncle pairs subtended by a pair of linear spreading bracts; pedicels ebracted. Calyx c 5mm; tube short; lobes strap shaped, erect below, obtuse, minutely appressed puberulent outside, white farinose near apex and densely long beared with thick white hairs in lower part within. Stamens finally excerted; filaments minutely appressed-pubescent, c 4mm anthers c 1.2mm; pollen yellow. Style excerted, Wolly below bifid stigma. Seeds very numerous, plano convex with an irregularly angular wing like margin. Fl. May-November; Fr. October-April. Subtropical and warm broad-leaved forest, thickets, clearings and by roadsides and paths. (Attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE and RGoB. 1987 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal ) .   An Undershrub from Arunachal near a stream. Hedyotis scandens D. Don Attachments (2) Attachments (1) Attachments (2) I think Hedyotis scandens Roxb. (Rubiaceae) The photos are really nice, but why the basic information regarding the primary observation regarding plant characters are lacking?! This is Hedyotis scandens [Rubiaceae]                 SK193NOV11-2016:ID : 13 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (12) Location: Suryavinayak Forest , Bhaktapur , Nepal Altitude: 4500 ft. Date: 11 September 2016 Rubiaceae….? 1. opposite phyllotaxy, with intra petiolar stipules; 4- and 5-merous flowers on the same plant, gamopetalous corolla, hairs on the mouth of corolla tube, bifid stigma,-made me to guess(conclude) the plant belongs to Rubiaceae. Hedyotis scandens Roxb. Location: Balaju, Mudkhu, Kathmandu Date: 31 August 2013 Altitude: 4800 ft. Attachments (4) Location: Raniban, Balaju, Nepal Altitude: 4900 ft. Date: 26 August 2016 Attachments (3) I guess the new name is Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang ! Quite different!, could it be Oldenlandia lancifolia There is no doubt about its ID as Hedyotis scandens Roxb. Only I wanted to bring to the group members that I have noticed new name for it in the POWO and the CofL. . SK257EC23-2016:ID : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Balaju, Katthmandu, Nepal Altitude: 4600ft. Date: 31 August 2013 Rubiaceae? Is it a shrub ? It is shrub. Yes to me also appear close to images under threads at Dimetia scandens Did not find Dimetia scandens in Google. Pl. check https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m—z/r/rubiaceae/dimetia/dimetia-scandens Found in WCSP only.
SK81AUG15-1016:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Sharing some pictures for identification. Shot at Sundarijal at 5000 ft on 24 July 2016. Another Rubiaceaen member Did not find Dimetia scandens in Google. Pl. check WCSP ! . ID please- Shillong- BR7- 100416 : 2 posts by 1 author. No images can be seen now. I am sending herewith the pictures of some plants, collected from Shillong, Meghalaya. It will greatful if these specimens get identified. Hedyotis scandens D. Don Sir, It is Hedyotis scandens (Rubiaceae).
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