Truncate-Calyx Psychotria is a large shrub found in
the Western Ghats. Leaves are up to 12 x 6 cm, obovate, blunt, broadly
apiculate, nerves 9-11 pairs, 6 mm apart, net-veined towards the
margins. Leaf-stalks are 1.5 cm long, stipule 12 mm long. Flowers are
borne in long-stalked cymes 4 cm across. Flowers are 8 mm long,
stalkless, calyx 1 mm long, shallowly lobed, ciliate. Petals are 6,
oblong, deflexed. Fruits not seen. Truncate-Calyx Psychotria is found
in the Western Ghats, particularly Karnataka and Kerala. Flowering:
March-May.
Identification credit: Navendu Page
Photographed at Agumbe, Karnataka.
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