Bhingri is a climbing shrub, with cylindrical
branchlets which are hairy when young. Leaf blade is nearly elliptic to
ovate, densely velvety on the underside, and somewhat smooth above. Leaf
base is rounded to slightly heart-shaped, margin nearly entire to toothed.
Flowers are borne in beautiful clusters carried on long, velvety stalks.
The bracts just below the flowers are oblong, enlarged in fruit. Sepal cup
is tube-like 4-5 mm long, velvety outside. Flowers are white, 6-8 mm, with
6-8 narrowly oblong petals, 2-3 mm long. Fruit is nearly round, 4-6 mm
across. Flowering: March-April.
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale
Photographed at Kanakeshwar, Alibag, Maharashtra.
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