Sebaea microphylla (Edgew.) Knobl.

 
  • Family : GENTIANACEAE
    (Gentian Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cicendia microphylla Edgew.; Erythraea microphylla (Edgew.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Sebaea khasiana C.B.Clarke; Sebaea welwitschii Schinz
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sebaea microphylla (Edgew.) Knobl.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Among grasses and forests; 1200 - 2300 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Herbs, 2-7 cm high, slender, rarely branched; Leaves sessile; radical leaves disappear on flowering; cauline leaves narrowly lanceolate; Flowers in terminal, 1-6-flowered cymes, often solitary, pale yellow; Capsules globose or ellipsoid.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Angola, Bhutan, Burundi, China, Bhutan, India, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, Socotra, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : South Tropical Africa, Socotra, South-West Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 177
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 606
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 182
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sebaea microphylla. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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