Lysionotus serratus D.Don

 
  • Family : GESNERIACEAE
    (Gesneria Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gesneriaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Calosacme polycarpa Wall.; Chirita polycarpa Steud.; Chirita ternifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Didymocarpus esquirolii H.Lév.; Hemiboea himalayensis H.Lév.; Lysionotus himalayensis (H.Lév.) W.T.Wang & Z.Yu Li; Lysionotus ternifolius Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lysionotus serratus D.Don
  • Common name : Himalayan Lysionotus, Toothed-Leaf Lysionotus
  • Vernacular name :
    • Liitak Huj (Nyshi)
  • Habit : Subshrub
  • Habitat : Terrestrial, on trees or rocks in forests, streamsides, grassy slopes, valleys; 300 - 2800 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Calyx divided nearly or quite to base, lobes 6-10 x 2mm; leaf margins serrate
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan, South-West Guizhou, North-West Guangxi) and North Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 192
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1304
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 233
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lysionotus serratus. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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