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Picria fel-terrae Lour.wfo-0000474837

Fl. Cochinch.: 393. 1790; Merr., Comm. Lour.: 352. 1935; Kerr in Fl. Siam. En.: 3(2): 67. 1954; P.H.Ho, Ill. Fl. S. Vietnam 2: 257. f. 3331. 1972; Tsoong & Ku in Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 67(2): 155. f.41. 1979; T.Yamaz. in Fl. C.L.V. 21: 37. f. 4, 1–4. 1985.— Caranga fel-terrae (Lour.) Merr., Int. Rumph.: 467. 1917, ut Curanga. Fig. 43: 1–4.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Stems up to 40 cm, often rooting at the nodes, densely minutely pubescent. Leaves chartaceous; petioles 2–15 mm; blades ovate, 2–5 by 1.5–3 cm, subacute at apex, cuneate to rounded at base, many crenate-serrate, minutely pubescent on both surfaces. Inflorescences 2–6 cm long. Pedicels 4–7 mm, minutely pubescent. Calyx with 4 sepals; upper one 7–9 by 6–8 mm in flower, 12–14 by 8–10 mm , in fruit, minutely pubescent; lateral two sepals 2–3 by 0.5 mm; flower one 5–6 by 4–5 mm in flower, 7–9 by 6–7 mm in fruit, minutely pubescent. Corolla red-brown, 8 mm long, tube externally glabrous, internally with two antero-lateral ridges densely covered by short glandular hairs; upper lip 2–3 mm long and wide; flower lip 25–3.5 by 4–5 mm, undulate on margin. Stamens ca 1 mm. Capsule 4 by 3 mm. Seeds ca 0.6 mm long and wide.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao), Tak, Phitsanulok (Phu Miang); SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Hin Dat); PENINSULAR: Chumphon (Tha Ngo).

Distribution : E Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Malesia, Vietnam (type), S China, the Philippines.

Ecology : Evergreen forestsed slopes, up to 900 m alt.