Dichroa febrifuga Lour.

 
  • Family : HYDRANGEACEAE
    (Hydrangea Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : HYDRANGEA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Hydrangeaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Hydrangea pubescens Zipp. ex Miq.; Adamia sylvatica Meisn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hydrangea febrifuga (Lour.) Y.De Smet & Granados
  • Common name : Blue Himalayan Hydrangea, Blue Evergreen Hydrangea
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bhaasak (Nepali)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Primary forests, Forest Edges and Roadsides
  • Comments / notes : Dense terminal branched clusters of plae blue or violet flowers
  • Key identification features : Berries with bright dark blue, topped by persistent calyx
  • Flower, Fruit : May-December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
  • Native : India, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Island, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Island, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 138
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 193
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dichroa febrifuga. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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