Mackaya indica

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Mackaya indica (Nees) Ensermu, Kew Bull. 47(4): 673 1992. (syn: Asystasia thyrsacanthus T. Anders.; Eranthemum indicum (Nees) C. B. Cl.; Odontonemella indica (Nees) Lindau; Pseuderanthemum indicum (Nees) A. M. & J. M. Cowan; Thyrsacanthus indicus Nees);
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India (E-Himalaya, NE-India), Myanmar [Burma], Bhutan, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life;
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Shrub 1-2.5m. Strem erect, brown, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, 3-21 x 1.5-8cm, shortly acuminate, cuneate at base, glabrous, paler beneath, often deciduous on higher altitude plants at flowering time; petiole 0.5-6cm. Inflorescence of lax terminal and axillary racemes, those in leaf axils shorter and always solitary; racemes 1-19cm, flowers usually in opposite pairs, internodes up to 1.5cm below, less above; rhachis glabrous or puberulent; pedicles 0-5mm. Bracts linear-triangular, c 2mm. Calyx c 4mm, puberulent, lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla white or pink with darker red veins, 2.5-3cm, finely glandular-pubescent, tube ventricose from near base, 5-lobed but weakly 2-lipped. Stamens included, anthers muticous. Style persistent long after the corolla falls. Capsule 2.5-3cm, glabrous.

Fl. December-April
In moist subtropical forest especially in wooded gullies.
(Attributions- A.J.C. GRIERSON & D.G. LONG. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE and RGOB. 2001 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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Id requested for Gesneriaceae member. : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)

Id requested for Geasneriaceae member.
(Picture send by my friend)
Place : Latpanchor, Darjeeling
Date : 25 February 2019

Thanks for sharing beautiful pictures. I think it is Acanthaceae, most probably Mackaya indica (Nees) Ensermu.

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herb for id mm 05082012:

small herb with large leaves and a single flower about 4 to 5 cm long,
it was growing wild near a garbage dump inside darjeeling botanical gardens,
first week of april,
wondering if it can be be identified

I can also see this image, Acanthaceae member….

It looks like a member of Phlogacanthus (not sure but).

Mackaya macrocarpa (Wall. ex Nees) Das !

I think it is more closer to Mackaya indica (Nees) Ensermu as per Plant illustrations

I too think it is closer to Mackaya indica

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Id of Flower -ID05032024SH3: 1 high res. image.

Flower for Id pl.
Location – Kolakham, Kalimpong Dist., West Bengal
Date – February 2024

Asystasia macrocarpa Nees. But images insufficient.

I am sorry, I have two more images but they are almost same. The flowers look very similar to Asystasia violacea which are found in Kaas Plateau of Maharashtra.

It looks different as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/08/asystasia-dalzelliana/ (syn: Asystasia violacea Dalzell ex C.B.Clarke)
I think it is
https://efloraofindia.com/2019/03/19/mackaya-indica/

 

 

 

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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  IPNI  BSI Flora of India  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Biodiversity Portal  Plant illustrations  Bhutan Biodiversity Portal