{"id":1320067,"date":"2011-03-30T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T11:10:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:37:04","slug":"sonerila-rotundifolia","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/sonerila-rotundifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonerila rotundifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sonerila<\/i> rotundifolia<\/i> Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. Ser. II, xxii. (1861) 74; et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv.(1865) 216. ;<\/i><\/div>\n
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Stemless herbs. Leaves few, 6.5-8 cm across, orbicular, deeply cordate at base, crenate, 9-ribbed from base, pilose along the nerves, reddish brown, petiole to 12 cm long. Peduncle to 15 cm long, 8-10 flowered. Flowers 2.5 cm across, confined to the apex of the scape in scorpioidal cyme; pedicel 1 cm long, pink; sepals 1.5 x 3 mm, triangular; petals 12 x 9 mm, obovate, pink; anthers 6 mm long, acuminate, deeply cleft at base; filaments 7 mm long; style 11 mm long. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: July-October<\/span><\/div>\n
Moist rocks in grasslands<\/span><\/div>\n
Southern Western Ghats<\/span><\/div>\n
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>)<\/div>\n
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\nID PLS<\/a> : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)<\/span><\/div>\n
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This plant is called Kalhuli<\/b> in Kannada and had found this plant near Shringeri (Karnataka) in a place called Kalhuli Gudda<\/span>, a mountain<\/span>.. Kalhuli means a sour substance that grows in the crevices of the rocks.. <\/span>it sprouts out during the monsoon and within 2 months it gives its inflorescence, with a long axis bearing pink flowers.. the axis is reddish and succulent and gives a red juice when\u00a0 expressed.. <\/span>people collect this inflorescence axis which is sour and make a curry out of it. <\/span>after which the plant dries up.. and again grows during the next monsoon.. it is believed that this plant doesn’t grow elsewhere.. the leaves are thick and pale green ovate with cordate base..<\/span> pls let me know its identity<\/p>\n

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Check for Sonerila scapigera<\/i> (Melastomataceae<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> Family).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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sir i checked it… the genera Sonerila is correct…but i have a doubt with the species…<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Your plant is Sonerila rotundifolia<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nANSEPT04 Please confirm if Sonerila scapigera<\/span><\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0Attachments\u00a0(2). 3 posts by 2 authors.<\/div>\n
Thadiyandamol (Coorg)
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efi page on\u00a0Sonerila scapigera<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Yes !\u00a0Sonerila scapigera<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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I think it\u00a0is more closer to images at\u00a0Sonerila rotundifolia<\/em>\u00a0Bedd.<\/a>\u00a0and as per keys in\u00a0Flora of Peninsular\u00a0India<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n340 ID wild plant Sonerila<\/a>: 9 images.
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\nLocation: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
\n<\/span>Altitude: 1500fsl
\n<\/span><\/span>Flower date: 13.07.2022, 03.55pm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Habitat: wild, moisture, misty hill, wind
\n<\/span>Plant habit: erect, no stem, tamarind taste, annual
\n<\/span><\/span>Height: 25cm including lengthy peduncle<\/span>
\n<\/span>Leaves: alternate, heart shaped, apex, soft glossy, tamarind taste, size up to:08\u00d76cm
\n<\/span>Flower: racemose, clustered, 3 petals, diameter:22mm, pink, non fragrant
\n<\/span><\/span>Fruit: cone shaped, green into brown, size:12\u00d75mm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Seed:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n
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Sonerila<\/em> sp.<\/p>\n

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To me appears close to images at\u00a0Sonerila scapigera<\/em>\u00a0Dalzell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Pl. check<\/p>\n
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I guess the ID is too correct !<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is\u00a0Sonerila scapigera<\/span><\/a><\/em>, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,<\/p>\n

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Sonerila rotundifolia<\/em><\/p>\n

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Yes, it is Sonerila rotundifolia<\/em>, thank you very much dear … for ID my plant,<\/p>\n

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The Plant List Ver. 1.1<\/a>\u00a0 IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonerila rotundifolia Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. Ser. II, xxii. (1861) 74; et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv.(1865) 216. ; . Stemless herbs. Leaves few, 6.5-8 cm across, orbicular, deeply cordate at base, crenate, 9-ribbed from base, pilose along the nerves, reddish brown, petiole to 12 cm long. Peduncle to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6664],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1320067","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-sonerila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1320067"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1320067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}