Gymnostachyum latifolium

Gymnostachyum latifolium T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 505 1867. (syn: Cryptophragmium latifolium Dalzell; Phlogacanthus latifolius Wight (Unresolved));
 

Common name: Broad-Leaf Gymnostachyum
 
Subshrubs, stem with small warts. Leaves 9-12 x 5-6 cm, broadly elliptic, acuminate at apex, glabrous; nerves 10-13 pairs, nervules parallel; petiole 5-6 cm long. Panicles axillary and terminal, minutely strigose; bracts and bracteoles similar, linear. Flowers densely packed, pedicelled; sepals 5.5 mm long, lanceolate, basally united. Corolla 15 mm long, greenish-yellow, lobes oblong, obtuse; filaments thinly hairy at base. Capsule 2 x 0.2 cm, linear-oblong, acute; seeds ovoid, golden brown, densely hairy.
Flowering and fruiting: February-November
Evergreen forests
Western Ghats (Endemic)
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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    Gymnostachyum latifolium T.Anderson
    at Jog Falls on December 16, 2012 
     
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    Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Gymnostachyum latifolium :: Jog Falls::: PKA-MAR91/91: : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7) 
    Seen this large herb near Jog Falls (North Karnataka).
    Bot. name: Gymnostachyum latifolium
    Family: Acanthaceae 
     
     
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    ANAPR18 Please identify this tree : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
    Date: March 2015
    Place: Aralam WLS, Kerala
    Habit: Short tree
    Habitat: Evergreen forest
    I am not very sure, but infl. looks some what like that of Gymnostachyum sp.. but i doubt as U mentioned the plant habit as tree..
    Yes sir. This was a tree. Doubt if it can be Gymnostachyum sp.
    ... was right initally in identifying this as a Gymnostachyum sp.
    This was validated as Gymnostachyum latifolium by ...
    I have misidentified its habit as a tree instead of a tall undershrub.


     


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