Fissistigma bicolor (Roxb.) Merr.

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard-Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Fissistigma villosum (Jovet-Ast) Merr.; Melodorum bicolor (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Melodorum villosum Jovet-Ast; Uvaria bicolor Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fissistigma bicolor (Roxb.) Merr.
  • Common name : Bicolor Uvaria
  • Vernacular name :
    • Hed-bheduli (Assamese), Moja-kotta (Daff), Rhuibom (Kuki)
  • Habit : Woody climber
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Large woody climber with stem blackish brown; Leaves are elliptic, base rounded, tip blunt, hairless above, velvet-hairy beneath, Flowers arise singly or 2-3 together, leaf-opposed; Sepals ovate, pointed, woolly outside; Petals ovate-lanceshaped, pointed; inner ones shorter and narrower, hairless, red; Stamens are numerous, style shortly curved; Fruits spherical or nearly so, with a short sharp point, woolly; Ripe fruit is edible and sweet in taste.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- August
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang district, Lohit district, Siang district, Subansiri district, Tirap district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Deb, D.B. (1981) The Flora of Tripura State. Vol. 2. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 119
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fissistigma bicolor. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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