Subshrubs, erect, 1-2 m tall; branches weakly flattened to subterete, glabrous or rarely sparsely puberulent. Leaves opposite; petiole 1-4 cm, glabrous; blade drying membranous to thinly papery and often yellowish green, oblong-elliptic, elliptic, oblanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, 6-27 × 1.5-7.5 cm, glabrous, base cuneate to attenuate, apex acuminate to long acuminate; secondary veins 8-17 pairs, without domatia; stipules persistent, united shortly around stem, with interpetiolar portion broadly ovate or broadly triangular, 1.5-4.5 mm, acute or obtuse, entire or usually shortly bifid, with 1 or 2 bristles 0.3-1 mm, often gland-tipped. Inflorescence cymose, pyramidal to rounded, several to many flowered, puberulent; peduncle 1-5 cm; branched portion 3-7 cm; axes weakly flattened; bracts lanceolate to triangular or usually multifid, 0.5-3 mm. Flowers subsessile, trimorphic: with anthers exserted and stigmas included, with anthers included and stigmas exserted, or with anthers and stigmas both exserted. Calyx with hypanthium portion ellipsoid to obovoid, 1-1.5 mm, glabrous; limb 5-lobed, 0.5-1 mm; lobes 0.3-0.5 mm, acute. Corolla white with pink, red, or orange on lobes, outside glabrous to sparsely puberulent and longitudinally ridged to winged along tube then midribs of lobes; tube shallowly to markedly curved, straight or bent at base, 10-15 mm, pubescent inside; lobes (4 or)5, ovate-triangular, 2-2.5 mm, at apex thickened. Infructescence axes becoming swollen and red. Fruit purple, oblate to globose or weakly didymous, 5-7 × 6-9 mm.
Chassalia curviflora (Wall.) Thwaites
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Psychotria curviflora Wall. |
synonym | Uragoga curviflora (Wall.) Kuntze |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
Undershrubs, up to 2 m tall. Leaves simple, opposite decussate; stipules ovate, bifid; petioles ca. 1-3 cm long; lamina ca. 10-18 x 2.5-5 cm, obovate-oblanceolate, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, margin recurved, midrib glabrous beneath. Panicles ca. 4-5 cm long, lax to dense-flowered; flowers pinkish-white; calyx short, 5-lobed; corolla tubular, curved, throat yellow; stamens included, in shorter stamens; filaments ca. 0.2-0.3 cm long, longer excluded, 0.3-0.4 cm long. Fruits ca. 0.5-0.9 cm in diam., globose.
French Institute of Pondicherry
Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Open areas, forest edges
Open areas forest edges.
French Institute of Pondicherry
Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Wet places, forest understories, at low elevations; 100-2000 m.
Description
Global Distribution
North East India
Local Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
India
Indian Distribution
Assam, Meghalaya.
French Institute of Pondicherry
Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, E and NE India (including Andaman Islands), Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 685, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
Information Listing > References
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 685, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Rubiaceae |
Genus | Chassalia |
Species | Chassalia curviflora (Wall.) Thwaites |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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