Sonerila erecta Jack

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Sonerila

Characteristics

Herbs 5-18 cm tall. Stems slender, almost 4-sided, alate, with sparse spreading glandular trichomes. Petiole 4-15 mm, glandular pilose, faintly narrowly alate; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to ovate, (0.5-)1-2.5(-3) × (0.3-)0.4-1.6(-2) cm, membranous, abaxially scattered hirsute, glabrous, or furfuraceous, adaxially sparsely hirsute, secondary veins 2-3 on each side of midvein, base cuneate, margin serrulate with each tooth having a terminal seta, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescences terminal, scorpioid cymes, 1-5(-11)-flowered, 1-4.5 cm, with spreading glandular trichomes; peduncle 0.8-2 cm. Pedicel 2-7 mm, sub 3 sided, with scattered glandular trichomes. Hypanthium tubular, 4-5 mm, to 1.7 mm in diam., almost 3-sided, 6-ribbed, usually with sparse glandular trichomes on ribs. Calyx lobes broadly ovate-triangular, ca. 0.5 mm, apex apiculate. Petals pink to purple, oblong-elliptic, 3-3.5 mm, oblique, with sparse glandular trichomes on ridge, apex acute. Stamens 3, subequal; filaments as long as anthers; anthers broadly ovate, 1.8-2 mm, base forked. Ovary flask-shaped, membranous crown 3-lobed. Capsule tubular, 4-7 × ca. 2 mm, 3-sided; hypanthium sparsely glandular pilose, 6-ribbed. Fl. Jul-Oct, fr. Oct-Dec.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.34
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Sonerila erecta world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:575756-1
WFO ID wfo-0001280639
COL ID 4Y9KS
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Synonyms

Cassebeeria erecta Sonerila nisbetiana Sonerila shanlinensis Sonerila cheliensis Sonerila epilobioides Sonerila erecta