Chirita primulacea C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : GESNERIACEAE
    (Gesneria Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gesneriaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Roettlera primulacea (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Henckelia primulacea (C.B.Clarke) D.J.Middleton & Mich.Möller
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Herbs, up to 50 cm high, villous; Leaves oblong, inciso-serrate; Flowers in axillary, many flowered cymes, pink with violet tinge along corolla lobes; Capsules linear, up to 6 cm long.
  • Flower, Fruit : October- March
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, India, Nepal
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 230
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chirita primulacea. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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