Acrotrema arnottianum
Wight, Illus. 1: 9, t. 3. 1840; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit.
India 1: 32. 1872.
Mal.: Nilampunna.
Herbs, stems very short or absent. Leaves obovate-oblong, rounded or cordate at base, obtuse at apex, more or less sharply dentate along margins, 15 - 30 x 7 - 12 cm; young leaves floccose; mature leaves with long soft hairs and at times glabrescent; petioles 2 - 8 cm long, broadly winged from above to base. Flowers bright yellow, many, on 9 - 14 cm long peduncles; pedicels 5 - 15 cm long, clothed with long hairs. Sepals obovate, 8 - 9 mm long, scarlet or pink with long white hairs. Petals obovate, ca 8 mm long, yellow. Stamens numerous; anthers spathulate. Carpels ca 8 mm long, many-ovuled. Follicles many-seeded or by abortion few-seeded.
Fl. April- Aug.; Fr. July - Oct.
Distrib. India: Southern Western Ghats, moist places under bushes along edges of ditches in moist deciduous and evergreen forests, up to 800 m. Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Endemic.
Herbs, stems very short or absent. Leaves obovate-oblong, rounded or cordate at base, obtuse at apex, more or less sharply dentate along margins, 15 - 30 x 7 - 12 cm; young leaves floccose; mature leaves with long soft hairs and at times glabrescent; petioles 2 - 8 cm long, broadly winged from above to base. Flowers bright yellow, many, on 9 - 14 cm long peduncles; pedicels 5 - 15 cm long, clothed with long hairs. Sepals obovate, 8 - 9 mm long, scarlet or pink with long white hairs. Petals obovate, ca 8 mm long, yellow. Stamens numerous; anthers spathulate. Carpels ca 8 mm long, many-ovuled. Follicles many-seeded or by abortion few-seeded.
Fl. April- Aug.; Fr. July - Oct.
Distrib. India: Southern Western Ghats, moist places under bushes along edges of ditches in moist deciduous and evergreen forests, up to 800 m. Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Endemic.
