Dear all,
attaching the images of *Sarcandra chloranthoides *Gard. The flowers of
this plant is characterized by a single carpel and a single stamen. A short
description of the plant is given below.
*Sarcandra chloranthoides *Gard.
*Chloranthus brachystachya* sensu Hook. f.
Chloranthaceae
Collected from Vythiri, Wyanad District, Kerala
Date of Collection: 29.04.2012
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Shrubs, branchlets glabrous, terete. Leaves opposite, 13-17 x 4-6.5 cm,
elliptic, acute at both ends, serrate, glabrous, nerves 7 or 8 pairs.
Flowers in terminal, trichotomous, to 10 cm long spike, unisexual,
clustered; bracts yellow, petalloid, 6 mm long, perianth absent; stamen 1,
filaments and connectives broad, thick; ovary 1-ovuled; stigma sessile,
truncate. Berry 8 x 4 mm, ovoid, purplish-black, smooth.
with warm regards
Manudev K Madhavan
