Decaschistia trilobata
Wight,Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 1: t. 88.
1840; Masters in Fl.
Brit. India 1: 332. 1874.
Shrubs; stems and young branches densely tomentose. Leaves subsessile, often
unlobed, 3 -
6.5 x 1 - 5 cm, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute and mucronate at apex,
dentate, veins prominent beneath; lower leaves deeply trilobed, lobes 4 -
8 x 1 -
2.5 cm,
lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute to rounded and 3-nerved at base, acute at apex,
elliptical gland present at base on midnerve beneath, densely stellate-tomentose, dark
above, paler beneath; petioles 1 - 3 cm long, densely hispid or tomentose by stellate hairs;
stipules equal to or longer than petioles, linear, simple or 2 -
3-lobed, hairy. Flowers
axillary, solitary or crowded towards apices of branches by reduction of leaves; pedicels
ca 1 cm long, hairy. Epicalyx segments 10, 5 -
8 x 1.5 mm, linear to lanceolate, connate
at base, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces. Calyx divided to the middle, lobes 8 -
12 x
5 -
7 mm, acute, distinctly 3-nerved, outer surface with long and short simple hairs, inner
surface with dense appressed 2-armed stellate hairs. Corolla yellow with purple centre,
ca 4 cm across; petals ca 5 x 3 cm, obovate, twisted, densely stellate-hairy outside,
glabrous inside. Staminal column 2 - 2.5 cm long, antheriferous throughout. Ovary
ovoid, 10-loculed; styles divided at the top into 10 branches of ca 2 mm long, ending in
capitate stigmas. Capsules 8 - 10 x 10 -
15 mm, densely hairy, inner surface of valves
glossy. Seeds ca 5 x 3 mm, reniform, stellate-pubescent, brownish black.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Dec.
Distrib. India: In evergreen and deciduous forests of Western Ghats and Deccan plateau. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Endemic.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Dec.
Distrib. India: In evergreen and deciduous forests of Western Ghats and Deccan plateau. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Endemic.