Gardneria ovata Wall., Fl. Ind. 1: 400 1820. (Syn: Gardneria wallichii Wight ex Wall.); Small glabrous climbers. Leaves to 10 x 5 cm, ovate, abruptly acuminate, acute at base, entire; nerves 4 or 5 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Cymes axillary, 3-5-flowered, peduncled; bracts ovate, acute. Flowers pedicellate; calyx shallowly 4-lobed, lobes obtuse; ciliate; corolla orange-yellow, lobes 5 mm long, basely united, oblong, acute; stamens 4, attached at the base of corolla lobes; ovary 2-celled, glabrous; style subulate. Berry 7 x 6 mm, globose, blue; seeds 2, cup-shaped, with pulpy placenta on concave surface. Flowering and fruiting: February-May Evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves Indo-Malesia
Nilgiris: Asclepiadaceae climber for identification 180713MK01 : Attachments (12). 3 posts by 3 authors. Please help me to identify this climber found common in the periphery of wet forests of Nilgiris. Leaf: 10 cm long Flower: 1 cm across Date: 20 Jun 2013 Alt.: 2300 m asl Place: Kothagiri, Nilgiris, TN This plant is Gardneria ovata Wall. belongs to Loganiaceae Supporting …
Gardneria ovata Wall, Fam: Loganiaceae climbing shrub, tidiandmul area of Coorg, Karnataka
References: Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (Gardneria angustifolia Wall. with Gardneria ovata Wall as a syn.) |
Gardneria ovata
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