Heterostemma decanense

Heterostemma decanense (Talbot) Swarupan. & Mangaly, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 101: 255 1989. (syn: Oianthus deccanensis Talbot);

Hetrostemma deccanense (asclepiadaceae) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)

Twining under shrubs. Stem branched. Leaves opposite, decussate, petiolate, narrowly ovate-lanceolate

– broadly ovate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded to shallowly cordate at base, ciliate along margin and

nerves beneath. Flowers in lateral sub-sessile umbel-late few – many flowered cymes. Corolla urceolate or

tubular, 0.8 – 1.4 cm long, faint – deep red, densely pilose within; lobes 5, acute at apex, glabrous. Corona

staminal, uniseriate, campanulate, adnate to the base of staminal column, 5-lobed at apex, fleshy, larger than

gynostegium, cup shaped, broad, cuneate-rounded with entire margins.

Flowering and Fruiting: August – December

Virar, Maharashtra , August 2015 Marathi Name – रानपुडी

Hetrostemma deccanense : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)

Twining under shrubs. Stem branched. Leaves opposite, decussate, petiolate, narrowly ovate-lanceolate

– broadly ovate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded to shallowly cordate at base, ciliate along margin and

nerves beneath. Flowers in lateral sub-sessile umbel- late few – many flowered cymes. Corolla urceolate or

tubular, 0.8 – 1.4 cm long, faint – deep red, densely pilose within; lobes 5, acute at apex, glabrous. Corona

staminal, uniseriate, campanulate, adnate to the base of staminal column, 5-lobed at apex, fleshy, larger than

gynostegium, cup shaped, broad, cuneate-rounded with entire margins.

Flowering and Fruiting: August – December, Marathi Name – रानपुडी

Virar, Maharashtra , August 2015

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