- Family : GESNERIACEAE
(Gesneria Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Gesneriaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aeschynanthus parasiticus (Roxb.) Wall.
- Habit : Epiphytic herb
- Habitat : On Tree trunks in damp places
- Comments / notes : Epiphytic
- Key identification features : Epiphytic herbs; branchlets slender, pale brown, glabrous; Leaves thick coriaceous, broadly lanceolate, margin cartilaginous, reyolute; Flowers solitary, axillary, subtended by 3-4 linear bracts, scarlet with a short black stripe down on each lobe; pedicels and calyx gland tipped hairy; Capsules linear, glabrous, strongly curved; Seeds oblong, granulate, silky hairy at apex.
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Distribution :
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Keonjhar district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 224
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 225-226
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aeschynanthus parasiticus. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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