Fissistigma bicolor
(Roxb.) Merr. in Philip. J. Sci. (Bot.) 15: 131. 1919. Uvaria
bicolor Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 662. 1832 (non Wallich).Melodorum bicolor (Roxb.) Hook. f.
& Thomson, Fl. Ind. 119. 1855 & in Fl. Brit. India 1: 80. 1872.
Asm.: Hed-bheduli.
Large woody climbers; young branches brownish tomentose. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, almost rounded at base, obtuse or shortly acuminate at apex, 10 - 18 x 4 - 8 cm, glabrous above except the midrib, appressed pubescent beneath; petioles 6 - 13 mm long, pubescent. Flowers solitary or 2 - 3 together, leaf-opposed, velvety tomentose; pedicels 1 - 1.3 cm long, brown tomentose; bracts basal, ca 7 mm long, tomentose outside. glabrous inside. Sepals 3, ovate, acute, 5 - 8 x 5 - 6 mm, tomentose outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3), ovate-lanceolate, acute, 18 - 20 x 6 mm, villous outside, glabrous inside; inner ones shorter and narrower, glabrous, red. Stamens numerous, ca 2 mm long; connectives ovoid at top. Carpels many, ca 3 mm long, densely tan-silky; style shortly curved; stigma bifid. Ripe carpels many, globose or subglobose, mucronate, 2 - 3 cm long. tomentose; stalk less than 1 cm long, stout, tomentose. Seeds 4 - 8, oblong, brown.
Fl. March - April; Fr. Aug. - Oct.
Distrib. India: Subtropical forests. West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Meghalaya.
Myanmar.
Notes. Sikdar ( in Geobios 6: 90 - 91. 1979) records this from West Bengal.
Large woody climbers; young branches brownish tomentose. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, almost rounded at base, obtuse or shortly acuminate at apex, 10 - 18 x 4 - 8 cm, glabrous above except the midrib, appressed pubescent beneath; petioles 6 - 13 mm long, pubescent. Flowers solitary or 2 - 3 together, leaf-opposed, velvety tomentose; pedicels 1 - 1.3 cm long, brown tomentose; bracts basal, ca 7 mm long, tomentose outside. glabrous inside. Sepals 3, ovate, acute, 5 - 8 x 5 - 6 mm, tomentose outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3), ovate-lanceolate, acute, 18 - 20 x 6 mm, villous outside, glabrous inside; inner ones shorter and narrower, glabrous, red. Stamens numerous, ca 2 mm long; connectives ovoid at top. Carpels many, ca 3 mm long, densely tan-silky; style shortly curved; stigma bifid. Ripe carpels many, globose or subglobose, mucronate, 2 - 3 cm long. tomentose; stalk less than 1 cm long, stout, tomentose. Seeds 4 - 8, oblong, brown.
Fl. March - April; Fr. Aug. - Oct.
Distrib. India: Subtropical forests. West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Meghalaya.
Myanmar.
Notes. Sikdar ( in Geobios 6: 90 - 91. 1979) records this from West Bengal.
