Thottea dinghoui K. Swarupanandan, Blumea 28: 407 (1983) ;
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India (Kerala) as per POWO;
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Perennial herbs. Leaves 15-17 x 6-8 cm, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous above, hispid below; nerves 5-8 pairs. Racemes 10-20 cm long, arising from the base of the stem, ascending or trailing, puberulus. Flowers alternate, yellow; bracts linear; tepals 3, yellow, 6 x 4 mm, ovate, free, spreading, hairy on outside; stamens 15, biseriate; filaments connate at base; anthers linear, yellow; ovary hairy; ovules numerous. Capsule 6 x 0.5 cm, 4-valved, purple; seeds many, yellowish-brown.
Flowering and fruiting: May-November
Evergreen forests
Southern Western Ghats
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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581 ID wild plant Thottea: 21 high res. images.
Please ID wild plant,
Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 13JUL2024, 03.20pm
Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine
Plant habit: small shrub, erect unbranched, weak tomentose cylindrical stem 04mm base circumference, annual
Height: 01 feet
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple flexible glossy, size upto: 12×5cm
Flower: terrestrial inflorescence terminal buds, sticky stigma, 03 tepals, diameter:10mm, off white, good fragrant
Fruit: lengthy trigonus beans purplish into brown size:06×0.4cm
Seed: brown upto 08 pea shaped
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
I think the arrangement of the stamens is in line with Thottea dinghoui Swarupan. [Aristolochiaceae]. Let’s wait for … views.
Yes, it is, Thottea dinghoui, the stamens numbered to 15. Thank you very much for ID my plant,
Thottea dinghoui only
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life
Thottea dinghoui Swarup., sp. nov. is described from Kerala India
India Biodiversity Portal
