Do we have Stemodia serrata in Maharashtra ?

[J.M. Garg]

Dear members,

Do we have Stemodia serrata in Maharashtra ?

It is reported as per Flora of Peninsular India (Raigad and Thane districts), POWO and CoL
Keys in The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, Volume 2 are as below:

Stemodia viscosa : Flowers pedicled; corolla twice as long as the calyx.

Stemodia serrata: Flowers subsessile; corolla scarcely longer than the calyx.

GBIF gives only one specimen from India.
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J.M.Garg

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[Dinesh Valke]

Yes, Garg ji.

Distributed in Raigad.

Reference: The Gazetteer Department - महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

Regards.

Dinesh