Parrya platycarpa
Hook. f. & Thomson in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 136. 1861; Hook.
f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 131. 1872.
Rootstock covered with old spongy petioles. Leaves spathulate or obovate, entire, leathery, 2 - 4 x 0.5 - 1 cm, glabrous or with hairy margins; petioles 2 - 4 cm long, sheathing at base. Scapes short, thick, few-flowered, pilose, sometimes with 1 or 2 leaves. Fruits ovate, 1.5 - 3 x 0.5 - 1 cm, tapering into short, thick style; valves thin, convex, not veined, midrib distinct. Seeds few, not winged.
Fl. & Fr. June - Aug.
Distrib. India: Sikkim.
Endemic.
Fl. & Fr. June - Aug.
Distrib. India: Sikkim.
Endemic.