Stemodia serrata

Stemodia serrata (Hochst.) Benth., Prodr. 10: 381 1846. (syn: Stemodiacra serrata (Hochst.) Kuntze; Sutera serrata Hochst.);

Raigad and Thane districts as per Flora of Peninsular India; 

India, Ethiopia, Senegal, Mauritania, Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan,
Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Burkina
Faso, Kenya, Mali, Malawi
as per Catalogue of Life;


Do we have Stemodia serrata in Maharashtra ?
It is reported as per Flora of Peninsular India (Raigad and Thane districts), POWO and CoL
Keys in The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, Volume 2 are as below:
Stemodia viscosa : Flowers pedicled; corolla twice as long as the calyx.
Stemodia serrata: Flowers subsessile; corolla scarcely longer than the calyx.

Updated on December 24, 2024

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