Caryopteris foetida (D.Don) Thell.

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Verbenaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Caryopteris grata (Wall. ex Walp.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke; Clerodendrum foetidum D.Don; Clerodendrum gratum Wall. ex Walp.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pseudocaryopteris foetida (D.Don) P.D.Cantino
  • Common name : Stinking Bluebeard
  • Habit : Straggling shrub
  • Habitat : Steep hillsides and cliffs in subtropical and warm broad-leaved forests, 350 - 2200 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Panicles mostly axillary, 2-6(-10) x l-2cm, few-flowered; corolla purplish, lip ca. 3mm
  • Flower, Fruit : October-May
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pakistan to Central Himalaya and India.
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 196
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 936
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 261
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Caryopteris foetida. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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