Sariva (Species 2)

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CLASSIFICATION

TAXON

Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) R. Br.

FAMILY

Apocynaceae Juss.

ALTERNATE FAMILY

nom. cons.

TRIBE

Apocynoideae

SUBTRIBE

Apocyneae

GENUS

Ichnocarpus R. Br.

SPECIES

frutescens (L.) R. Br. Asclepiadeae 51. 1810 (Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1:62. 1811; W. T. Aiton, Hortus kew. ed. 2, 2:69. 1811)

Plant Description

Ever-green woody twiners, branches glabrous or rust; tomentose when young, with milky latex. Leaves elliptic oblong or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base rounded or acute, 4-10 x 1.5-5 cm, glabrous and dark green above, softly tomentose specially on the midrib, and paler beneath 4-5 pairs of lateral nerves, petiole 2.5-5 mm long, puberulous. Peduncle and pedicel hairy, bracts minute. Flowers c.l cm across. Calyx lobes ovate. obtuse. or subacute. tomentose c. 1 mm long. Corolla tube c. 2.5 mm long, much thickened at the mouth, lobes 1.5 mm long, glabrous mouth of the corolla tube and margin of the lobes with long hairs; lobes of disc erect, slender, capitate, longer than ovary. Ovary subinferior; style short, stigma thick and beaked. Follicle solitary or pairred, 10-15 x 0.5 cm, straight or curved, rusty pubescent when young. Seeds very slender, 1-2 cm long, coma long equalling the seeds

Flowering Period: August-December.

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