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Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Tibet as per POWO;
¿ sper-muh-DIK-tee-on ? — Greek: sperma (seed); dictyon (net) … Dave’s Botanary
swah-vee-OH-lens — fragrant … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: forest champa, sweet-scented spermadictyon • Gujarati: ગીડસ gidas • Hindi: बन चंपा ban champa, पादन हींग padan hing • Marathi: गिडेसा gidesa, जिनसाई jinsayi, जितसाया jitasaya, वन चंपा van champa • Nepali: बन चाँप ban champa • Telugu: ఎర్రమోగి erramogi, కొండమూరితిది kondamuritidi
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Native to: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan
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A small shrub with divaricate branches. Leaves15-22 x 5-10 cm, shortly-petioled, opposite, elliptic-oblong or ovate, glabrous or pubescent, lateral nerves prominent beneath, base acute. Flowers sessile or shortly-pedicelled, bluish-purple, sweet-scented, club-shaped in bud, arranged in large, terminal, lax, trichotomous panicles. Sepals 4-5, persistent. Petals valvate, fused, corolla-tube trumpet-shaped. Capsule ellipsoid, small, 5-seeded.
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ID Please: CR05032015 : 3 posts by 3 authors.
Could you please identify this fragrant flower. Location: Girawali, Ghodegao.
Check with Spermadictyon may be S. suaveolens)
I agree with …, this seems to be Spermadictyon suaveolens…
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Rajgad, Dec 2014 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: ARKMAR-11/11 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Please ID this plant captured at Rajgad near Pune in Dec 2014.
This was growing in a rock crevice, did not see any other plant of this species around…
Thanks … for the ID…. I had seen the blue variety of these flowers and identified the same (hopefully correctly) on the same mountain but some distance away, but they had longer spikes….
Attaching the pics of the blue variety seen there….please validate
Attachments (3)
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sending images for identification taken in dry deciduous forest please identify them
Please check – Spermadictyon suaveolens
I agree with you rgarding identification of Plant
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Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP 1750m approx. 14-15 October 2016
Yes, Spermadictyon suaveolens… nice pics …
I am not aware of any lower taxa..!!
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Spermadictyon suaveolens (Rubiaceae) to me.
S.suaveolens in eFI.
Yes, Spermadictyon suaveolens …..
| Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. (accepted name) Nepali Name : बेन चम्पा Ben Champaa / तुगा सागे Tugaa Saage / बाख्रा पीरे Baakhraa Pire / गुह्य बीरी Guhya Biri / करकरे घांस Karkare GHaans |
One confusion remains. FoI showing two ID based on flower colour
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| on Pasarani ghat on way to Mahabaleshwar-Nov 2009; At kanakeshwar, Alibag- Nov’09?; 1st of December, 09 at Mahabaleshwar; |
Request for ID: 290110-AK-2 – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Hamiltonia suaveolens – indiantreepix | Google Groups
PLANT FOR ID 166 SMP NOV 2009 Rubiaceae member – indiantreepix | Google Groups
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A fragrant shrub… (I think the butterflies would be loving this)
Altitude 1200 mts
Habit shrub
Habitat wild
Height 3-4 feet
Season September-October
This is Spermadictyon suaveolens (Syn. Hamiltonia suaveolens) common on exposed hilly slopes.
Spermadictyon suaveolens var. azureum ?
(azureum stands for bluish…)
Yes it is indeed all over the slopes right now…. This and Lantana make
I think a good place for the butterflies.. 🙂
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ID Please: 22122011CR01:
Please identify this plant.
Location: Girawali Village, Near Ghodegao, Pune
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Dear members: (mixed thread): 3 correct images as above.
Requesting for id this tree clciked at yeoor,Thane range forest 15/11/2012
Looks like Spermadictyon suaveolens
Yes agreed with … ID. Spermadictyon suaveolens
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[EfloraofIndia_Rubiaceae week_060212PD03_Spermadictyon suaveolens_Flora of Odisha]:
sharing the images of Spermadictyon suaveolens
Place of collection: khandadhar RF, Sundargarh district of Odisha in iron ore mining site
Beautiful … This looks very attractive on the rocks..
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Rubiaceae Week :: Spermadictyon suaveolens in northern Konkan & Western Ghats:
Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb.
swah-vee-OH-lens — fragrant
commonly known as: sweet-scented spermadictyon • yet to compile Indic names
Native to: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan
References: Flowers of India • eFlora • NPGS / GRIN • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
more views: Nov 5, 2011 … at Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
Feb 22, 2009 … at Mahuli near Shahapur, Thane, Maharashtra
Apr 7, 2008 … along Khandala Ghat, Maharashtra
This is too good. Superb clarity.
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Rubiaceae week:: Spermadictyon suaveolens at Harishchandragad:
Came across the bluish coloured flowers of Spermadictyon suaveolens (Family: Rubiaceae) at “Harishchandragad“. white ones is bit common..
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Rubiaceae week:: Spermadictyon suaveolens White at Harishchandragad and Bhimashankar:
Sharing few snaps of Spermadictyon suaveolens photographed at “Harishchandragad” and ” Bhimashankar”.
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Rubiaceae Week: Spermadictyon suaveolens from Morni Hills and Shimla:
This one is one of the few Rubiaceae members I have with me to share. Shot at different times in 2010 and 2011 from Morni Hills and Shimla
Hamiltonia suaveolens Roxb., Hort. Beng. 15, 1814; Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb., Pl. Cor. 3. 32. t. 236, 1815
A small shrub with divaricate branches. Leaves15-22 x 5-10 cm, shortly-petioled, opposite, elliptic-oblong or ovate, glabrous or pubescent, lateral nerves prominent beneath, base acute. Flowers sessile or shortly-pedicelled, bluish-purple, sweet-scented, club-shaped in bud, arranged in large, terminal, lax, trichotomous panicles. Sepals 4-5, persistent. Petals valvate, fused, corolla-tube trumpet-shaped. Capsule ellipsoid, small, 5-seeded.
Fantastic photos and photoset …
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Rubiaceae Week: Spermadictyon suaveolens Purandar Pune: Spermadictyon suaveolens
A common shrub flowers in Oct Nov in many higher altitude places like forts and hills of Western ghats.
Very beautiful pics …,
Wish I could learn your technique of taking pictures…nothing but the material in focus is highlighted..superb.
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Garden Flowers For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 250214 : AK-24 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Again at MNP on 21st Feb,14.
Cultivated.
Spermadictyon?
Probably you are right …, this looks like Spermadictyon suaveolens..
Thanks again for confirming the id.
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Kindl help in the ID of this shrub with unopened flowers on and with long peduncles, leaves looking something like Ipomoea carnea. Photographed from Tiger Fall area of Chakrata in September.
Though the pics are inconclusive to me but what comes in the mind first is Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. (Rubiaceae). If it is, then it will produce bluish flowers later.
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Dehra Dun
31st October 2014
Leaves on being rubbed emit very foul smell, hence known as padari in lower parts of Himachal Pradesh.
that it may contain some natural insecticides such as Ursolic acid and Myo inositol (what is Myo in this inositol??/)
url for the 5 page summary:
Utube
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HP, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID :: ARKDEC-06 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)
Are they Spermadictyon suaveolens? Guessed the ID based on … post last month.
Yes, correctly guessed. It is Spermadictyon suaveolens (Rubiaceae).
Very correct. It is common shrub in open grasslands all over Himachal. Leaves when macerated among fingers give very foul smell.
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There are some shots of Spermadictyon suaveolens of Rubiaceae from Punjabi University, Patiala taken on 18Jan, 2018
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Habit : Wild
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Names of Plants in India :: Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.
¿ sper-muh-DIK-tee-on ? — Greek: sperma (seed); dictyon (net) … Dave’s Botanary
swah-vee-OH-lens — fragrant … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: forest champa, sweet-scented spermadictyon • Gujarati: ગીડસ gidas • Hindi: बन चंपा ban champa, पादन हींग padan hing • Marathi: गिडेसा gidesa, जिनसाई jinsayi, जितसाया jitasaya, वन चंपा van champa • Nepali: बन चाँप ban champa • Telugu: ఎర్రమోగి erramogi, కొండమూరితిది kondamuritidi
botanical names: Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. … synonyms: Hamiltonia dulina Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don • Hamiltonia mysorensis Wight & Arn. • Hamiltonia propinqua Decne. • Hamiltonia scabra D.Don • Hamiltonia spectabilis Carrière • Hamiltonia suaveolens (Roxb.) Roxb. • Lasianthus tubiflorus Blume • Mephitidia tubiflora DC. • Nonatelia filamentosa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don • Spermadictyon azureum Wall. • Spermadictyon mysorense Steud. • Spermadictyon scabrum Spreng. … status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
April 7, 2008 … along Khandala Ghat
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Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. : 7 posts by 1 author. 7 images- 5 to 7 mb each.
Altitude: ~1,500 mts
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Regarding Identification of the sp. collected from Khurda Odisha in Nov 2022: 5 high res. images.
Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb.
Yes … you are correct
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Rubiaceae: Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb.: 2 images.
synonyms: Hamiltonia suaveolens (Roxb.) Roxb., Spermadictyon azureum Wall.
location/date (both): Kund village, Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Amravati Distr., Maharashtra, November 1994
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