Author: Sonu kumar
Myself Sonu Kumar and I'm from Bundi. Currently I'm working as a district coordinator kota at BRDS society India. I have always been a devout admirer of nature and I would be happy to share more information about the plant wealth around me through this platform. #AStudentofnature #Teamefloraofrajasthan 🌿🌱🐛🦋🔍 Insta page: https://www.instagram.com/eflora_of_rajasthan/
- Aristolochia abyssinica Klotzsch., Aristolochia benadiriana Fiori.
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A perennial prostrate, herb, with an unpleasant smell. Stem striate, glabrous. Leaves, glabrous, 1.5-3 cm long, lamina ovate, obtuse, sagittate at the base, margin wavy, 3-7 x 3-7 cm, glabrous above, glaucous beneath, petiole striate. Inflorescence solitary, axillary. Flowers bracteate, bracts large, orbicular, 1-1.3 cm long, glabrous. Pedicel 5-10 mm long. Perianth 2.5-4 cm long, irregular, tubular with a linear lip, glabrous externally, hairy within, dark purple on the side of the lip, greenish yellow on the other side and in the tubular portion. Stamens 6, sessile, anthers united with a 6-lobed gynostegium, lobes ± ovate, acute, c. 1 mm long. Ovary inferior; placentation parietal in upper portion, placentae intruded and meeting in the centre, exile below. Capsule 2-3 cm long, 12-ribbed, glabrous. Seeds many, 5-7 mm long, flat and dark coloured.
Fl.Per. June-Jan.
PC : Neetu Neemkiroriwaal
Id by: Sonu Kumar
Source: Foi, efoi, efoc/p, wfo, ibp, iNat. -
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PC: Neetu Neemkiroriwaal
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