Toxocarpus kleinii Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India 61 1834. ;
Common name: Klein's Bowfruit Vine Twiner; branchlets puberulous. Leaves decussate, elliptic to obovate, to 8 x 4 cm, subcoriaceous, puberulous below, base obtuse, apex short-acuminate; petiole to 1.5 cm. Cymes dichasial, lax; peduncle to 3 cm, puberulous; bracts lanceolate, 3 mm; pedicel 0.5 cm. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, 4 mm, rusty puberulous without. Corolla broad-campanulate, cream, 1 cm wide; lobes 5, oblong, 1 cm, recurved, overlapping to left in bud. Corona 1, of 5 erect, dorsally flattened segments attached to staminal column. Stamens 5; connective produced above; pollen masses 2 per cell, ascending. Style apex elongate, longer than staminal column. Follicles paired, elongate, fusiform, 15 x 1 cm; seeds oblong, 1.5 x 0.6 cm; coma silky. Flowering and fruiting: July Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves Peninsular India and Sri Lanka (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi Anshi Ghat :: Toxocarpus kleinii :: DVFEB24/57 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images. Anshi Ghat ... Karnataka Date: 25 MAY 2013 ... Altitude: 340 - 380 m asl Toxocarpus kleinii Wight & Arn. ... (family: Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae) References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora Kerala Plants An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details) Plant illustrations Herbarium Catalogue |
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