Dischidia bengalensis – eFlora of India

May 4, 2020
Dischidia

Dischidia bengalensis Colebr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 357 1818. (syn: Dischidia bengalensis var. cuneifolia (Wall.) Kuntze; Dischidia bengalensis var. spathulata (Blume) Kuntze; Dischidia cuneifolia Wall.; Dischidia loeseneriana Schltr.; Dischidia spatulata Blume);

Java, India (E-Himalaya, NE-India), peninsular Malaysia, S-Myanmar [Burma]
(Taninthayi), Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra,
+Singapore, S-Thailand, Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl.,
Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.), Bhutan,
Darjeeling, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life;

SK756 26 SEP-2017:ID : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)

Location : Pokhara, Nepal

Date : 8 August 2017

Elevation : 2600 ft.

Hoya species?

Could be but no idea!

Yes, should be Hoya.

Hoya edenii King ex Hook. f. ??

I think does not matches with images on net like http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.gh00076427

Hoya arnottiana Wight ??

I think looks different from Hoya arnottiana as per

https://www.myhoyas.com/A/arnottiana/eng.htm

I feel this could be Dischidia bengalensis Colebr.

Attached is a PDF document that reports its distribution in Nepal. Kindly validate.

Attachments (1)

I guess the ID is correct and the specimen images was from Kaski !

Thank you …!

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GBIF (High resolution specimens) POWO India Biodiversity Portal The Plant Mafia flickr NGA

Dischidia bengalensis (Apocynaceae), a New Record for the Flora of Nepal October 2016- Journal of Japanese Botany 91(5):310-313

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