Sarcopyramis napalensis Wall.

 
  • Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
    (Melastoma Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJAN FAMILY (अंजन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Melastomataceae
  • Synonym(s) : Osbeckia ovata Zoll. & Moritzi; Phyllagathis chinensis Dunn; Sarcopyramis dielsii Hu; Sarcopyramis grandiflora Griff.; Sarcopyramis humilis M.P.Nayar; Sarcopyramis javanensis Triana; Sarcopyramis javanica Zoll. & Moritzi; Sarcopyramis lanceolata Wall.; Sarcopyramis napalensis var. maculata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen; Sonerila naudiniana Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sarcopyramis napalensis Wall.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Key identification features : Annual or perennial, glabrous or sparsely glandular hairy, rhizomatous, fleshy herbs, 10-25 cm high, stems often white spotted; Leaves uneqal sided, usually lanceolate, margin entire to remote serrulate, often maculated; Flowers in terminal or axillary few flow red clusters, subtended by leafy bracts, delicate, pinkish or whitish, 4-merous; sepals variously lobed. Capsules oval.
  • Flower, Fruit : May- December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Tirap
    • Assam : Assam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indian, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 523
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sarcopyramis napalensis. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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