SK1918 16 May 2019

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members,

Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

Altitude: 2446 m.

Date: 8 May 2019

Habit : Wild

Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr. 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Correction ::

Altitude: 2474 m.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

I think more closer to images at  Disporum calcaratum

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Recorded in Kathmandu valley according to the government of Nepal

publicationj Flora of Katghmandu Valley for cross reference.

 501 × 768  

DISRORUM

SALISB. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 : 33l (I812).

Herbs with erect engular branched leafy stems arising from rhizomes. Leaves sessile or subsessile, alternate, linear or lanceolate. Flowers in terminal or axillary, few-flcwered umbels; pedicels decurved. Perianth campanulate, deciduous; segments 6, erect, base saccate or spurred. Stamens 6, hypogynous; anthers dorsifixed, extrorse. Ovary 3-celled;style long or short, stigmas 3, short; ovary cells 2—6—ovuled. Fruit a berry.

Distributi'on: Species about 20, distributed in North-temperate regions of Asia and America

Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 15 : 229 (l9l9)— Kitamura in Fn. Fl. Nep. Himal. 1:92 (I955) - var. parviflorum (Wall.) Hara in Fl. E. Himal.407 (I966) - Bull. Dept. Med. Pl. Nep. 2 I 125 (1969).

D. pulluni Salisb.; Fl. Brit. lnd. 6:360 (I892).

Erect herb of aboutl m tall. Leaves 4.5—l2 cm long and 0.7-2.6 cm broad, ovate-oblong or lanceolate. acute or acuminate. Flowers white or greenish-white, in sessile or peduncled many-or few-flowered umbels. Pedicels 1.5-2.3 cm long. Perianth segmentSl-l.3 cm long, spathulate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base saccate or subsaccate.Fruit bluc-black, pisiform. — _

Di'stri'burion: Himalaya (Garhwal to NEFA, Khasia, Manipur, N. Burma, N. Thai. Indo-China, Malaysia, China, and Formosa; in Nepal - east, central and west.

Ecology: Common on shady places.
Uses: The juice of its root is used for eye trouble. Localname:Sanukukurdaino(H11fita1'§=|‘t) Flowering: May - _lune_
Fruiting: July —Feb.

Place of collection: Phulchoki, 2300-2438 m; Dhunge, Manichur, I828 m; Sundarijal. 1950 m; Shivapuri, 2133 m.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Yes, it should be Disporum cantoniense as per feedback from Afloden ji in SK1908 11 May 2019

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 at 20:36
Subject: SK1918 16 May 2019
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