Paederia lanuginosa Wall.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Hondbesseion lanuginosum (Wall.) Kuntze; Paederia macrocarpa Wall. ex G.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Paederia lanuginosa Wall.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Large twinning shrubs; young parts tomentose; Leaves opposite, cordate-ovate to avate-lanceolate; base cordate, apex acuminate to acute, margins entire, membranous, scabrous above, densely white, villous-tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 7-8 nerves; petioles tomentose; Panicles trichotomously branched, axillary or terminal, villous or pubescent; Flowers dull purple; calyx villous, teeth short; corolla tunnel-shaped, crimson, pilose inside; lobes trilobulate; Capsules ovoid-oblong, brown, crowned my calyx teeth; seeds 2, black, compressed, rounded to slightly oblong, white hairy on both the surfaces.
  • Flower, Fruit : June- March
  • Distribution :
    • Mizoram : Tuipui-Darzo road
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 718
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Paederia lanuginosa. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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