Sonerila khasiana C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
    (Melastoma Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJAN FAMILY (अंजन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Melastomataceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cassebeeria khasiana Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sonerila khasiana C.B.Clarke
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist, shady places
  • Key identification features : Rhizomatous, creeping or decumbent herbs; stems up to 5 cm long, reddish, linear scaly at base; Leaves small, fascicled at apices of stems, long petioled, ovate; Flowers in terminal cymes or umbels, pinkish. Capsules faintly ribbed, turbinate, glabrous.
  • Flower, Fruit : July- September
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Assam : Assam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 525
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sonerila khasiana. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.