Parvatia
Decaisne
Large evergreen climbing monoecious shrubs. Leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate, coriaceous. Inflorescences racemose in axillary fascicles. Flowers unisexual, actinomorphic, bracteate. Sepals 6, biseriate, outer 3 valvate, inner 3 imbricate. Petals
6, smaller than sepals, lanceolate. Male flowers: Stamens 6; filaments united into a
column; anthers oblong, apiculate; pistillodes minute, linear-lanceolate. Female flowers:
Staminodes 6, minute, free; carpels 3; stigma sessile, oblong, acute; ovules many,
covering the walls of each carpel, mixed with long hairs. Fruitlets 3, berries, indehiscent.
Seeds numerous, embedded in pulp.
E. Himalayas, N. E. India, Bangladesh and S. China; 3 species, 2 in India.
Notes. Parvatia Decaisne differs from Stauntonia DC. in the presence of petals, the latter bearing no petals and is confined to China and do not occur in India.
E. Himalayas, N. E. India, Bangladesh and S. China; 3 species, 2 in India.
Notes. Parvatia Decaisne differs from Stauntonia DC. in the presence of petals, the latter bearing no petals and is confined to China and do not occur in India.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex; racemes solitary or few together; staminal column ca 1.5 mm long | 1. Parvatia brunoniana |
| b. Leaves ovate-elliptic, acute or rounded at apex; racemes numerous, fascicled; staminal column ca 5 mm long | 2. Parvatia elliptica |
