Right Vijayji, It seems that the plant is rarely distributed in Orissa (http:// www.vasundharaorissa.org/Research%20Reports/Threat_Status%20of%20Plants%20of%20Conservation.pdf).
In Arunachal too, I've seen the plant only in this particular area. Sending another link to confirm the identity from the flora of Thailand. http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/thaieuph/ThPspecies/ThPachystylidiumT.htm Regards, Ritesh. On Sep 10, 3:43 am, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Ritesh ji, i think you got the correct id. We collected this species > from Khurda / Khordha district in Orissa and got it identified by using > Flora of Orissa by Saxena & Brahmam. > > Thanks for the efforts. > > With regards > > Vijayasankar > > > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Pravir <prav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear Sir > > I also search this plant in E flora of china it shows same result. > > > Here are some details from eflora of China > > Pachystylidium hirsutum (Blume) Pax & K. Hoffmann in Engler, > > Pflanzenr. 68(IV. 147. IX-XI): 108. 1919. > > > Tragia hirsuta Blume, Bijdr. 630. 1826; T. delpyana Gagnepain. > > > Subshrubs, twining, ca. 3 m tall, hirsute, with stinging hairs. Stems > > slender, woody. Stipules triangular, 1.5-4 mm; petiole 0.8-4 cm; leaf > > blade ovate or elliptic, 5-13 × 3-10 cm, thickly papery, sparsely > > hirsute to glabrescent with midrib mostly hirsute, base shallowly to > > moderately cordate, margin serrate, apex abruptly acuminate; lateral > > veins 3 or 5 pairs. Inflorescence 1-8 cm, hirsute and puberulent, > > peduncle 0.4-3 cm, with 1-5 female flowers and many male flowers; > > bracts narrowly lanceolate, 1-2.2 mm. Male flowers: pedicel 1.5-2.3 > > mm; calyx lobes ovate, ca. 1 mm; anther locules ca. 0.5 mm. Female > > flowers: pedicel ca. 1 mm; sepals lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate, > > 1.5-2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; ovary densely hirsute; > > styles connate into a stout-cylindric or ellipsoid column, free style > > tips recurved. Fruiting pedicel 3-5 mm; fruiting sepals persistent, > > reflexed; capsule ca. 1 cm in diam., drying dark brown, sparsely > > setose. Seeds subglobose, 3-5.5 mm in diam., mottled pale brown and > > dark reddish brown. Fl. and fr. Aug. > > > Seasonally dry open scrub. Yunnan ("Lam Ko District") [Cambodia, > > India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
