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Sabia campanulata Wallich in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 311. 1824; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 1. 1876. S. leptandra Hook.f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 1: 209. 1855; Hook.f., fl. Brit. India 2: 2. 1876.


Hindi: Bakalpata, Lohari; Lep.: Payongrik; Nep.: Simali.

Woody climbers or scandent shrubs; young shoots pubescent. Leaves oblong or oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 1 - 10(-15) x 0.5 - 3.5 cm, acuminate, acute at base; nerves 4 - 6 pairs; petioles 5 - 12 mm long, pubescent. Sepals 5, united at the base, 0.75 - 3 mm long. Petals 5, free, subrounded-obovate or ovate-oblong, 3 - 12 mm long. Stamens 5; filaments somewhat dilated towards base, extrorse or introrse. Carpels 2; ovary bilobed, each lobe unilocular, biovulate. Drupes one or two lobed, reniform, 5 - 6 mm in diam. wrinkled.



KEY TO THE VARIETIES


1a. Flowers 3.3 m long; petals subrounded to obovate, 6-12 x 4-7 mm; stamens shorter than petals 1.1. campanulata
b. Flowers 14 m long; petals ovate to oblong, 3-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm; stamens longer than petals 1.2. kingiana


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