Aspidopterys wallichii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 421 1874. (Syn: Aspidopterys nutans var. wallichii (Hook.f.) Nied.; Aspidopterys wallichii var. dehradunensis R.C.Srivast.); India: Hedges and open forests. W. tropical Himalayas ascending up to 1500 m. Punjab (Hoshiarpur), Uttar Pradesh (Dehra Dun, near Mussorie and Rishikesh) as per BSI Flora of India; 250-1100 m; Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim), India as per Checklist of Nepal; A climbing shrub with slender, white pubescent branches. Leavesopposite, sometimes in whorls of three, simple, glabrescent above, white tomentose beneath, apex acute or subacute, base subcordate or rounded.Fruit of 1-3 samaras, wings variable, usually orbicular-oblong. Photographed from near JBT Institute, Morni Town, October 2010. I am yet to see this in flowering stage despite my regular surveys of the area.
This one was a shrub found in Chakrata area, my guess is Porana paniculata... it is Aspidopterys wallichii This is rightly identified by ... as Aspidopterys wallichii... References: |
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