Senra incana Cav., Diss. 2: 83, t. 35, f. 3. 1786; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 334. 1874

Erect or climbing herbs or undershrubs, pubescent. Leaves 1.5 - 3.5 x 2 - 3 cm, orbicular or more or less deeply 3-lobed, lobes deltoid, deeply cordate at base, acute at apex, entire, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces; petioles 1.5 - 3.5 cm long; stipules ca 2 mm long, filiform. Flowers axillary, solitary or rarely clustered towards tips of branches; pedicels 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Epicalyx segments 15 - 2.5 x 15 - 2.5 cm, reticulately veined. Calyx ca 5 mm across, campanulate, lobes 1.5 - 2 mm long, triangular, acute. Petals violet or rarely yellow, 1.5 - 3 x 1 - 1.5 cm, obovate. Staminal column 8 - 15 mm long. Capsules ca 5.5 x 4.5 mm, ovoid, reticulate, ribbed, valves slightly winged, papery. Seeds ca 2 x 1 mm, reniform, pubescent, brown.

Fl. & Fr. Nov. - April.

Distrib. India: Coastal areas of Gujarat(Kutch district).

Pakistan, Arabia and E. Africa.

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