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Pycnarrhena pleniflora Hook. f. & Thomson,.Fl. Ind. 206. 1855 (as 'planiflora') & in Fl. Brit. India 1: 106. 1872.


Asm.: Holok-lota.

Leaves elliptic, obovate or ovate-elliptic, rounded or obtuse at base, shortly and bluntly acuminate at apex, 10 - 18 x 4 - 7 cm, glabrous or puberulous beneath; lateral nerves impressed above; petioles 1 - 2.5 cm long, puberulous or glabrescent. Male inflorescences axillary, glomerulate or rarely congested, many-flowered; pedicels 2 - 3 mm long, puberulous or glabrous; sepals of outer whorls puberulous; inner whorls obovate, ca 2 mm long, glabrous; petals 4 - 5, deltoid, ca 1 mm long; stamens 6 - 10 in a sessile cluster. Female flowers not seen. Drupes up to 1 cm long, wrinkled, glabrous; stalks 2 - 4 mm long. Seeds ellipsoid, ca 8 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. March - May.

Distrib. India: Subtropical forests, up to 1000 m. West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya.

Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China.




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