Location: Pharping, Nepal Date: 26 April 2018 Altitude: 4800 ft. Habit : Wild
Do you have keys of species of Nepal ? if so, pl. post. After checking I feel your earlier postings need a re-look. Pl. check at
Pl. check with the keys as given below: Here are the derived keys from Flora of China (for species in checklist of Nepal- indicated in bold): | 1 | Branchlet apex hirsute, hirtellous, puberulent, pilose, velutinous, or brown scaly. | | (2) | | + | Branchlet apex glabrous or glandular granulose, early glabrescent. | | (16) | | | | | | | 2 (1) | Branchlets brown scaly. | | (3) | | + | Branchlets white pilose-tomentulose or brown velutinous tomentulose, hirsute, or hirtellous and reddish glandular granulose. | | (4) | | | | | | | 3 (2) | Leaf blade leathery, rugose, apex cuspidate-acuminate, acumen 4-6 mm; petiole thick, 2-3.5 cm | | 1 Maesa rugosa | | + | Leaf blade papery, not rugose, apex caudate-acuminate, acumen 8-20 mm, petiole thin, 0.7-1.5 cm | | 2 Maesa chisia | | | | | | | 4 (2) | Branchlets white pilose-tomentulose or brown velutinous-tomentulose. | | (5) | | + | Branchlets hirsute or stramineous hirtellous and reddish glandular granulose. | | (9) | | | | | | | 5 (4) | Branchlets white pilose-tomentulose. | | (6) | | + | Branchlets brown velutinous-tomentulose. | | (7) | | | | | | | 6 (5) | Leaf blade leathery, secondary veins connected by submarginal vein | | 3 Maesa cavinervis | | + | Leaf blade membranous, secondary veins free to margin, without submarginal vein | | 4 Maesa montana |
| 9 (4) | Plants hirsute. | | (10) | | + | Plants hirtellous and glandular granulose. | | (13) |
| 16 (1) | Branchlet apex glabrous. | | (17) | | + | Branchlet apex glandular granulose, early glabrescent. | | (19) |
| 19 (16) | Leaf blade margin undulate, subentire, or entire. | | (20) | | + | Leaf blade margin serrate or serrate-dentate. | | (24) | | | | | | | 20 (19) | Leaf blade membranous or papery; pedicel 1-2 mm. | | (21) | | + | Leaf blade leathery or rarely papery; pedicel 2.5-4 mm. | | (22) | | | | | | | 21 (20) | Branchlets terete, lenticellate; calyx lobes densely punctate-lineate; bracts and bracteoles wider than long; inflorescence rachis and pedicels glabrous | | 22 Maesa consanguinea | | + | Branchlets angular, without lenticels; calyx lobes punctate; bracts and bracteoles longer than wide; inflorescence rachis and pedicels minutely glandular granulose | | 23 Maesa ramentacea (syn: Maesa acuminata Wall.) |
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