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Sabia paniculata Edgew. ex Hook.f. & Thorn., Fl. Ind. 1: 211. 1855: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 3. 1876.


Hindi: Bakalpata.

Evergreen, woody climbers. Leaves oblong or oblong-ovate to sublanceolate, 8 - 22 x 2.5 - 8 cm, apex acute, base acute to rounded, glabrous; nerves 5 - 7 pairs; petioles up to 2.5 cm. Cymes solitary, axillary but often arranged in a thyrsoid inflorescence. Sepals ovate, 1 - 1.3 x 0.7 - 1 mm, densely pubescent, ciliolate. Petals oblong, sometime oblong-ovate, 2.25 - 3.5 x 0.75 - 1.25 mm, obtuse. Stamens 1.5 - 2.75 mm; filaments flattended, 1 - 1.75 mm long. Pistil 1.5 - 1.75 mm; ovary glabros. Droplets globular to obovoid.

Fl. & Fr. : June - Aug.

Distrib. India: In shady and swampy localities; mianly between 250 - 1400 m. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Nagaland.

Nepal and Myanmar.




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