Salvia Leaved Crossberry is a shrub or small tree. Bark is dark coloured,
very rough. Branchlets, inflorescence and under sides of leaves white or
grey with short velvety hairs. Leaves are 2-3 in. long, lance-shaped to
ovate, margin entire, wavy or toothed. Two in. long slender stalks carry
2-3 conspicuous yellow flowers. Sepals are 8 mm, petals 4 mm, the blade
longer than claw. Fruit generally of two distinct round drupes, 6-8 mm
across, almost glabrous. Flowering: July-September.
Identification credit: J. M. Garg
Photographed in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
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