Eriolaena quinquelocularis
(Wight & Arn.) Cleghorn, Gen. Index 36. 1856.
Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 371. 1874. Microchlaena quinquelocularis Wight & Arn.,
Prodr. 71 . 1834.
Small trees; herbaceous portions stellate-hairy. Leaves ca 7 - 20 x 5 - 15 cm,
orbicular, cordate at base, acute to subacuminate at apex, coarsely crenate-serrate,
dotted with small tuft of stellate hairs above, softly tomentose beneath, nerves 7 at base,
raised beneath; petioles up to 9 cm long, tomentose when young, becoming glabrous at
length; stipules caducous. Flowers white, 2 -
3 in axillary peduncled cymes; peduncles
often longer than leaves, usually at the ends of the branches; pedicels 2 -
3 cm long,
quadrangular, stellate-hairy, jointed above the middle; involucral bracts short, entire or
rarely lobed, caducous. Sepals 15 -
20 x 3 -
4 mm, linear-lanceolate, acute, pubescent
on both surfaces, glandular at base inside. Petals 16 -
20 x 2 -
8 mm, obovate-oblong,
claw hairy at base inside. Staminal column 1 cm long with linear-oblong anthers,
irregularly arranged towards the apex. Ovary lobed; styles longer than staminal column;
stigmas 5-lobed, lobes revolute. Capsules 5 -
10 x 1 - 1.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, beaked,
5-loculed, 5 -
10-valved, valves more or less pubescent, usually silky villous at the inner
angles. Seeds numerous, imbricate, winged, papery, flacate.
Fl. Feb. - Aug.; Fr. April- Dec.
Distrib. India: Bihar, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Fl. Feb. - Aug.; Fr. April- Dec.
Distrib. India: Bihar, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.