{"id":1346327,"date":"2011-02-08T10:06:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T10:06:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:54:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:24:46","slug":"balanophora-dioica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/balanophora-dioica\/","title":{"rendered":"Balanophora dioica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Balanophora<\/i> dioica<\/i> R.Br. ex Royle<\/span><\/a>, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 330 1836<\/i>. (Syn: Balanophora<\/i> affinis<\/i> Griff.<\/span><\/a>; Balanophora<\/i> alveolata<\/i> Griff.<\/span><\/a>; Balanophora<\/i> hookeriana<\/i> Hemsl.<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Common name:<\/b> Himalayan Balanophora<\/div>\n
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Dioecious annual roots parasites. Rootstock tuberous, lobed, 4-6 cm in diameter. Leaves absent, Stem glabrous, fleshy, yellowish-white, unbranched, 10-15 cm long, stout, covered with laxly imbricated scaly leaves. Male flowers densely crowded in an ovoid or club shaped head or inflorescence at the top of stem. Head 5-7 cm long. Flowers unisexual, small. Perianth up to 0.7 cm long, trilobed, tube of the perianth sunk in cavities of the head. Staminal column short, anthers bursting by curved slit. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: November-April<\/span><\/div>\n
Shola forests<\/span><\/div>\n
India and Myanmar<\/span><\/div>\n
(From India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/span><\/a>)
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\u00a0Balanophora Sp..<\/a> : Attachments (2).\u00a0\u00a06 posts by 3 authors.<\/div>\n
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This one is a Parasitic plant photographed at Mizoram (November-2008).
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Looks like <\/span>Balanophora indica<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sorry, correction- it should be Balanophora dioica<\/i> (not indica<\/i>). Attaching pictures of B. dioica<\/i> I photographed in Arunachal. It shows both male and female inflo. The ones seen in\u00a0… picture are only male flowers. These two species differ in the shape of the female inflores.<\/p>\n

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Thanks a lot. Even … has also indicated earlier that this could be B.dioca<\/i>.
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\nBalanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle from Shillong, Meghalaya<\/a> : Attachments (7). 5 posts by 4 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I hope attached images may be \u00a0<\/span>Balanophora dioica<\/i> R.Br. ex Royle. Please validate.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Date :09.10.2013<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Location: Shillong, Meghalaya<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Family :\u00a0<\/span>Balanophoraceae<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Genus & species :<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Balanophora dioica<\/i>\u00a0R.Br. ex Royle.<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat: Grows wild, parasitic on roots of forest tree; total root parasite\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Habit : Herb<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Flower : Small, white
\n<\/span><\/span>Fruits : Not seen<\/span><\/div>\n
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Vow.. so nice series of Pics….<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thank you for showing this <\/span>Balanophora<\/i> species. <\/span>Balanophora<\/i> are rare sight<\/span> in Uttarakhand<\/span>. One species exist here but never seen in nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AS, April, 2023\/01 unknown sp. for identification<\/a>: 2 high res. images.<\/p>\n

Have a look pl.<\/span><\/div>\n
Location: Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh, India<\/span><\/div>\n
Alt: ca. 1200 m.<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 30.10.2022
\n<\/span>Habitat: In forest floor under shady open places.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Check for <\/span>Balanophora <\/span><\/em>sps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Appears close to images at
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I guess the correct ID !<\/p>\n

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\nMS,Oct.,2023\/13 Balanophora sp. ? for id<\/a>: 2 images.
\nLocation : Hmuifang, Mizoram<\/span><\/p>\n
Altitude : ca.1,450 m<\/span><\/div>\n
Date : 27-10-2023<\/span><\/div>\n
Habit : Herb<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat : Wild<\/span><\/p>\n
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Balanophora dioica\u00a0<\/i>R.Br. ex Royle<\/p>\n

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The Plant List<\/a> \u00a0GRIN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of China<\/a> \u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 330 1836. (Syn: Balanophora affinis Griff.; Balanophora alveolata Griff.; Balanophora hookeriana Hemsl.); . Common name: Himalayan Balanophora . Dioecious annual roots parasites. Rootstock tuberous, lobed, 4-6 cm in diameter. Leaves absent, Stem glabrous, fleshy, yellowish-white, unbranched, 10-15 cm long, stout, covered…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7577],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1346327","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-balanophora"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1346327","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1346327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1346327"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1346327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}