Flowering: July-September. Fruiting: January-March.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Arthrostemma paniculatum D. Don |
| synonym | Bredia soneriloides H. Lév. |
| synonym | Oxyspora paniculata var. bracteata J.F.Maxwell |
| synonym | Sonerila cavaleriei H. Lév. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Shrubs, up to 1.5 m tall; branches terete. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petioles ca. 0.5-5 cm long; lamina ca. 12-25 x 3-5 cm, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, rounded or subcordate at base, acuminate at apex, entire, membranous, bristly along nerves beneath, obscurely serrate; secondary nerves 7 pairs. Inflorescences terminal, a cymose panicle, 20-30 × 10 cm, furfuraceous stellate, with 2 leaflike bracts at base; bractlets and bracteole ca. 0.1-0.3 cm lanceolate to subulate; hypanthium ca. 8 mm, narrowly funnelform, longitudinally 8-ribbed, with dense stellate trichomes when young; calyx lobes ca. 0.1 cm, shortly triangular-ovate, apex acute and apiculate; petals ca. 0.7 cm, pink, red, or dark red, ovate; longer stamens with connective swollen; shorter with connective shortly spurred. Capsule ca. 0.8 × 0.6 cm; obovoid, hypanthium narrowly funnel form.
French Institute of Pondicherry
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Mixed forests, stream banks, valleys, moist places
Frequent along the foot-trunk in shady places, in open forests; 1000-1500 m.
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya; Eastern Asia
Local Distribution
Lakhimpur
Global Distribution
India, Nepal, Bhutan
Indian Distribution
West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh.
Assam Distribution
Lakhimpur, Khasi Hills.
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5715
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5715 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
The bark is removed from stem and then the stem is eaten raw; sweet tasted.
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5715
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 602, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Pal, G.D. 2013. Flora of Arunachal Pradesh: Vol. I: 334, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Kanjilal, U.N. 2005. Flora of Assam: Vol. II: 300, Omsons Publications, New Delhi
- Singh, N.P., Chauhan, A.S., Mondal, M.S. 2000. Flora of Manipur: Vol. I: 396, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5715
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 602, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Pal, G.D. 2013. Flora of Arunachal Pradesh: Vol. I: 334, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Kanjilal, U.N. 2005. Flora of Assam: Vol. II: 300, Omsons Publications, New Delhi
- Singh, N.P., Chauhan, A.S., Mondal, M.S. 2000. Flora of Manipur: Vol. I: 396, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Genus | Oxyspora |
| Species | Oxyspora paniculata (D. Don) DC. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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