Stephania elegans Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 195 1855. ; . Common name: Elegant Tape Vine • Nepali: तारो लहरा Taro Laharaa . China (Yunnan), Nepal, Sikkim, NE-India (Garhwal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Nagaland, Meghalaya), N-Thailand, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), ?Jammu & Kashmir as per Catalogue of Life; . A small herbaceous climbing shrubs. Main stem spirally fluted, Branches slender, striate, slightly terete, glabrous or subglabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, peltate, deltoid-elongate or somewhat triangular, 4-12 x 3-8 cm across, base subtruncate or oblique, margin entire, apex acute to obtuse, chartaceous, thin, dark green, glabrous above and beneath, strong basal veins 5-7 towards the apex, 3-5 towards the base from the petiole, impressed above and slightly prominent beneath, petiole slender, attached about 1 cm inside the lamina from the base, about 2-4 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, somewhat drooping, fascicled, compound panicle of umbelliform cymes, peduncles about 4-7 cm long, bracts linear lanceolate, about 1-2 mm long. Flowers unisexual, light green to dark purple. Male flowers, sepals 6, obovate, glabrous, dark purple, petals obovate or ovate, glabrous, synandrium peltate, about 0.5 mm long. Female flowers, sepals 3-6, obovate, both sides glabrous, petals obovate, ovary obong, style short, stigmas 3 to 4, very small. Fruits drupes, obovoid, 7-8 x 6 x 7 cm across, shining glabrous reddish when ripe, endocarp bony, transversely grooved with longitudinal rows and tubercled, about 5 mm across. Stephania species are dioecious i.e., male (staminate) flowers on one plant, and female (pistillate) flowers on another plant. Pollination is entomophilous i.e., by insects. Flowering/Fruiting: August-September/March-April. Seeds may be dispersed by zoochory i.e., dispersal by birds or animals. Susceptible to insect pests and moulds. Mixed subtropical forests, altitude up to 1200-1800 m. Local Distribution: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Global Distribution: Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal. Used in traditional medicine. Nine alkaloids are isolated from the leaves, stems and roots they are epihernandolinol, N-methylcorydalmine, hasubanonine, aknadinine, cyclanoline, magnoflorine, isotetrandrine, isochondodendrine and cycleanine. (Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India from India Biodiversity Portal) .
Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae & Nelumbonaceae Fortnight 11-24Oct.2014: Stephania elegans (Menispermaceae) from Uttarakhand_DSR_4 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). This species Stephania elegans was seen and photographed in Kali Valley, Pithoragarh District (Uttarakhand) at an altitude of about 1800m along a stream. This species is a new addition to eFI database. It looks really elegant! Thanks … for sharing, a new plant to me.
Stephania elegans ABJUL01/29 : 5 posts by 2 authors. 4 images. Found this on the same walk slightly lower at about 1500m. I think this is a Stephania species, very likely S. elegans. Please advise. Stephania elegans—Elegant Tape Vine Below Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP 1500m 20 July 2016. Stephania elegans AT MAR 2017/02 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Stephania elegans
Stephania elegans J. D. Hooker & Thomson ??? : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (10) Location: Godawari, Nepal Altitude: 5000 ft. Date: 22 June 2017 To me also appear close to images at Stephania elegans Thank you … Nepali Name : तारो लहरा Taaro Laharaa It is Stephania elegans
Stephania elegans Hook. f. & Thomson : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9) Location: Nagarkot, Nepal Altitude: 6600 ft. Date: 12 November 2017 Nepali Names: तारो लहरा Taaro Laharaa / बाटुल पाते Baatul Paate
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers (accepted name) ??? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9) Location: Godawari, Nepal Altitude: 5000 ft. Date: 10 January 2017 Nepali Names : बाटुले पाती Baatule Paati / बाटुलपाते Baatulapaate / पाठा Paathaa / टम बार्की Tam Barki I am a bit confused. Could it be Stephania elegans J. D. Hooker & Thomson ??? I could not decide. Pl. check images & keys at the following: As per The useful Plants of India (C S I R Publication), plant known as TAMBARKI in Nepal is scientifically known as Stephania glabra. Would like to go with Stephania elegans Hook. f. & Thomson as per images herein. FRUITS APPEAR SIMILAR BOTH IN S. elegans and S. japonica. Thanks, … Shape of the leaves including arrangement of nerves on the them, timing and color of the fruits are other things as per observations in other threads. Yes, …
Stephania elegans J. D. Hooker & Thomson : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (8)- around 500 kb each. Location: Nagarkot, Bhaktapur Date: 16 May 2019 Elevation: 2020 m. Habit : Wild I guess ID is correct !
Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur Date: 16 September 2019 Elevation: 2409 m. Habit : Wild Stephania elegans Hook.f. & Thomson ?? Yes, appears close as per Stephania elegans . SK 2633 22 June 2020 : 8 posts by 2 authors. 6 images- 5 to 7 mb each. Location: Phulchoki, lalitpur, Nepal Date: 19 June 2020 Altitude: 1724 m. Habitat : Wild Stephania sp. ?? Yes, appears so as per comparative images at Stephania India Biodiversity Portal say: Flowers unisexual, light green to dark purple. Male flowers, sepals 6, obovate, glabrous, dark purple, petals obovate or ovate, glabrous, synandrium peltate, about 0.5 mm long. Female flowers, sepals 3-6, obovate, both sides glabrous, petals obovate, ovary obong, style short, stigmas 3 to 4, very small. Pl. see images at Stephania elegans Hook. f. & Thomson . Bk0025 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Details.. Climber
Regards, Menispermaceae..?? Stephania elegans Hook. f. & Thomson . Stephania elegans J. D. Hooker & Thomson: 7 very high res. images. Location: Okharpauwa, Nuwakot, Nepal Altitude: 1700m. Date: 11 July 2021 Habit : Wild Correct Nepali Names : तारो लहरा Taaro Laharaa / बाटुल्पाते Baatulpaate |
Stephania elegans
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