Cissampelopsis corymbosa (Wall. ex DC.) C.Jeffrey & Y.L.Chen, 341 1984. ;
Climbing shrubs, stem covered with fulvous-woolly hairs. Leaves 6-8 x 6-8 cm, broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base cordate, 5-7 ribbed, glabrous above, distantly serrulate; petiole 3-4 cm long. Heads 9 x 6 mm, in woolly panicles, axillary or terminal; bracts 1-seriate, 6 x 1.5 mm, oblong, with thick midrib, glabrous; corolla 7 mm long; lobes acute, yellow; anthers tailed at base. Achenes oblong, glabrous, brown; pappus 7 mm long. Flowering and fruiting: March-November Shola forests India and Sri Lanka Banglore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: 28112013 :: ARK-01 : Attachments (3). 9 posts by 5 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant captured in the Ooty Botanical Gardens, Ooty in November 2013. Could this be Cissampelospis corymbosa of Asteraceae? Thanks ... for the feedback... However, I did not find any this in the efi database nor in the plantlist. Could you please provide a reference link for the same? Please see this list for all the plants in Tamilnadu: tnenvis.nic.in/tnenvis_old/PDF/floralchecklist.xls I referred the recently published book on 'Flowering Plants of Sholas and Grasslands of the Nilgiris' by N.Krishnakumar, P.S.Udayan, S.P.Subramani, R.Anandalakshmi (2013) for identifying your plant. The Plant List link for this plant's synonym Senecio corymbosus Wall.ex DC Please note: the correct spelling is Cissampelopsis corymbosa. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-142943 Senecio corymbosus Wall.ex DC is a different plant as per the Plant List India Biodiversity Portal link of Cissampelopsis corymbosa Yes, it seems to be Cissampelopsis corymbosa (Wall. ex DC.) C.Jeffrey & Y.L.Chen (Senecio corymbosus Wall. ex DC.), found in Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, Kalahandi hills of Odisha and Maharashtra at 1500 – 2500 m alt. |
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