Decaschistia rufa Craib

 
  • Family : MALVACEAE
    (HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
  • Species : Decaschistia rufa
  • Synonym : Decaschistia cuddapahensis T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayar
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Decaschistia rufa Craib
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : Shrubs up to 2 m tall. Leaves simple, lower ones are shallowly 3-lobed. Involucre bracts ovate-acute, 5 mm broad; seeds sparlely stellate-pilose dorsally.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : July- March
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Occurs in dry deciduous forests of Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kanchipuram district (Tamil Nadu State); Kadapa district, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; V.V.Sivarajan & A.K.Pradeep. (1996). Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph. pp. 18-32.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Decaschistia rufa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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