Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.44.16
Paramignya monophylla
English: Climbing Atalantia.
Synonyms: Atalantia correae; Micromelum monophyllum.
Clades: Rutaceae; Sapindales; Malvidae; Malvanae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Region: Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar.
Habitat: evergreen forests.
Botany
Evergreen woody climber; young parts velvety; older branches armed with recurved spines in leaf axils.
Leaves: elliptic-ovate; pale green; are 5 to 12 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide.
Inflorescence: 2-3 flowered cymes.
Flower: white; ± 3 cm across; sepals silky velvety; flowering: from December to April.
Fruit: berries; obovoid, browinsh-grey, velvety; 4 by 3 cm.