|
|
|
12. Solena Lour., Fl. Cochinchina (ed. 1). 514. 1790. ed. Willd. 629. 1793; C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. (Cucurbitaceae) 15(1):344. 1962; Hutch., Gen. Fl. Pl. 2:393. 1967; Gandhi in Saldanha & Nicholson, Fl. Hassan Dist. 178. 1976.
S. NAZIMUDDIN AND S. SHAHARYAR H. NAQVI
Harlandia HanceJuchia Roem.Karivia Arn.
Perennial herbs with tuberous roots. Stems slender, elongated, branched, glabrous; tendrils simple. Leaves subsessile, heteromorphic, cordate or sagittate at base, more or less scabrid above, margin remotely subulate denticulate, rarely entire. Petiole slender, without stipule-like lamina at the base, shortly villous, ultimately scabrous, 0-5-1.5 cm long. Male flowers subumbellate, axillary, female solitary and pedicellate. Calyx tube campanulate, teeth subulate, very minute. Corolla with triangular very small lobes. Stamens 3, filaments short; anther locule triplicate, ciliate. Ovary oblong, ovules several. Fruit oblong or ovoid. Seeds many, grey, small.
A monotypic genus distributed in India, Pakistan, Indo-China and Malay Archipelago.
Lower Taxon
Related Synonym(s):
| Related Links (opens in a new window) |
|
Treatments in Other Floras @ www.efloras.org
Other Databases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
