Maesa montana A.DC.

 
  • Family : PRIMULACEAE
    (Primrose Or Primula Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Maesa castaneifolia Mez; Maesa henryi Hu; Maesa martini H.Lév.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Maesa montana A.DC.
  • Common name : Mountain Maesa
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gadchiana (Hindi)
    • Dieng jasim, Jasiet (Khasi)
    • Arngeng (Mizo)
    • Krimighna Phal, Thinke (Nepali)
  • Habit : Shrub or small tree
  • Habitat : Mixed forests, hillsides; 400 - 2800 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Branched shrubs, 2-3 m high; branches profusely lenticelled; Leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, margin sharply dentate, glabrous; Flowers in axillary, branched, paniculate racemes, white; Fruits globose, black when dry.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-December
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : Lava, Kalimpong
    • Himachal Pradesh : Sirmaur Dist.
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Subansiri
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : East Himalaya to South China and Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 121
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Maesa montana. Downloaded on 12 December 2024.

India Distribution

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