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1. Siraitia sikkimensis (Chakravarty) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 36: 737. 1982.

锡金罗汉果 xi jin luo han guo

Neoluffa sikkimensis Chakravarty, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50: 895. 1952.

Stem angular, tomentose. Petiole 5-8 cm, tomentose; leaf blade cordate, 7-15 × 7-15 cm, abaxially tomentose, adaxially glabrous, margin entire, lowest lateral veins running parallel with margin of basal lobes. Male flowers yellow, 20-35 crowded on 8-14 cm axillary peduncle; rachis 3-5 cm; pedicels 1-2 cm; bracts leaflike, 7-15 mm; calyx tube campanulate, 10-15 mm in diam., tomentose; segments acute, 3-5 mm; corolla segments oblong-ovate, 8-10 × 3-4 mm, entire, ± constricted at apex, apex acute; stamens free, inserted at base of calyx tube, 1-2 mm; filaments 0.5-1 mm; anthers 1-celled, sinuate; connective broad, granular. Female flowers and fruit unknown.

S Yunnan (Mengla) [India (Sikkim)].


 

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