{"id":1480512,"date":"2022-08-23T12:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1480512"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:39:39","slug":"saprosma-foetens-subsp-ceylanica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/saprosma-foetens-subsp-ceylanica\/","title":{"rendered":"Saprosma foetens subsp. ceylanica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saprosma foetens\u00a0<\/i>subsp.\u00a0ceylanica<\/i> (Gardner) M.Gangop. & Chakrab., J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14: 481 (1990) (syn: Dysodidendron ceylanicum<\/em>\u00a0Gardner<\/a>, Saprosma ceylanica<\/em>\u00a0(Gardner) Bedd.<\/a>, Serissa ceylanica<\/em> (Gardner) Thwaites<\/a>);
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\nSri Lanka<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Ceylon Saprosma
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Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134\/12 ; glabrous, leaves shortly petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, peduncles axillary and ter\u00acminal 1-3-flowered slender, calyx-teeth 4 triangular.<\/span> Dysodidendron ceylanicum<\/em> and Wightii, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 2, 3. Serissa ceylanica<\/em>, Thw. Enum. 150. S. Wightii, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 15. Lasianthus foetens<\/em>, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 517.
\nWESTERN PENINSULA ; on the Ghats, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Malabar southwards in moist woods, Wight, &c. CEYLON ; in forests of the central province, alt. 3-6000 ft., Walker, &c.<\/span>
\nA shrub or small tree,<\/span> foetid when bruised ; branches pale, smooth, ultimate compressed. Leaves 4-5 by 3\/4-2 in., sometimes oblanceolate, green when dry, mem\u00acbranous ; petiole 1\/10-1\/4 in. ; stipules connate, toothed. Peduncles 1\/2-1.1\/2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles minute. Calyx-tube obconic, glabrous. Corolla 1\/2 in., purple. Style arms 2, short, linear. Fruit 1\/3 in., obovoid, obtuse, \u201cbright blue, very foetid\u201d (Bedd.). Seeds plano-convex.<\/span>
\n(Attributions: IBIS Flora<\/a> (FBI))
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\nSaprosma foetens subsp. ceylanicum images<\/a>: 6 very high high res. images.
\nHere are images of Saprosma\u00a0foeten<\/em> ssps\u00a0celyanica<\/em>\u00a0observed in Avalanche Range, Nilgiri\u00a0Biosphere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siddarthmachado\/19230912194\/<\/a><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siddarthmachado\/19232648013\/<\/a><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siddarthmachado\/19666958579\/<\/a><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siddarthmachado\/19665515068\/<\/a><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siddarthmachado\/19853565085\/<\/a><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siddarthmachado\/19827360666\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India<\/a> \u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 IBIS Flora<\/a> (FBI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saprosma foetens\u00a0subsp.\u00a0ceylanica (Gardner) M.Gangop. & Chakrab., J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14: 481 (1990) (syn: Dysodidendron ceylanicum\u00a0Gardner, Saprosma ceylanica\u00a0(Gardner) Bedd., Serissa ceylanica (Gardner) Thwaites); . Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Common name:\u00a0Ceylon Saprosma . Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134\/12 ; glabrous, leaves shortly petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, peduncles…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8044],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1480512","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-saprosma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1480512","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=1480512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1480512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1480512"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1480512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}