Leptodermis virgata

Leptodermis virgata Edgew. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 198 (1881); . Himalaya to India (Punjab): East Himalaya, India, West Himalaya as per POWO; Edgew. in Aitchison Cat. Punjab. Pl. 70 ; leaves very small linear or oblong acute scabrid above, stipules with long pungent recurved points, capsule cylindric. WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft. from Murree, […]

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Leptodermis amoena

Leptodermis amoena Springate, Edinburgh J. Bot. 53: 99 1996.; . Native to: East Himalaya as per POWO; . Request for ID verification : 9 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 3 to 4 mb each. Hope this email finds you well and safe amid covid-19 pandemic. Kindly help us to verify the shrub ID of the […]

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Leptodermis griffithii

Leptodermis griffithii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 198 1881. ; Assam as per WCSP;   Request ID of the small shrub : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Request your kind help in identifying a small shrub Photographed in East Khasi Hills in June 2017 Thanks … for sharing this.. I have also shot […]

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Leptodermis stapfiana

Leptodermis stapfiana H.J.P.Winkl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 164 1922. ; . Nepal to Assam as per WCSP; . As per efi thread; Three species are given in Osmaston 1927 (A Forest Flora for Kumaon) as differentiated as: 1A. Corolla glabrous outside …… L. lanceolata 1B. Corolla pubescent outside (minutely hairy)……………..       […]

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Leptodermis kumaonensis

Leptodermis kumaonensis R.Parker, Indian Forester 48: 576 1922.; . S. Tibet to Himalaya as per WCSP; . As per efi thread; Three species are given in Osmaston 1927 (A Forest Flora for Kumaon) as differentiated as: 1A. Corolla glabrous outside ……… L. lanceolata 1B. Corolla pubescent outside (minutely hairy)……………..        2A. Leaves exceeding […]

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Leptodermis lanceolata

Leptodermis lanceolata Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 191 1824. (Syn: Hamiltonia fruticosa D.Don; Hamiltonia suaveolens D.Don [Illegitimate]); . Lanceleaf Leptodermis ; . As per keys at link: Leptodermis kumaonensis has corolla pubescent outside and Leptodermis lanceolata has corolla glabrous outside; . Erect shrub with spreading branches, up to 2.8 m tall, glabrous; leaves opposite, fetid when crushed, lanceolate […]

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