Pavetta hispidula Wight & Arn.

വെള്ളപാവട്ട

Family : RUBIACEAE

Synonym :

Ixora hispidula (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze

Common Names : Vellapavetta

Flowering Period : March-December

Distribution : Western Ghats and Sri Lanka

Habitat : Evergreen and moist deciduous forests

Uses : Not evaluated

Key Characters :

Small shrubs; stems hispid. Leaves to 15 x 4.5 cm, oblanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the base, glabrous above, hispid below; nerves 6-8 pairs, looping below the margins; petiole 2 cm long; stipules ovate, mucronate. Cymes 5-8 cm broad, lax, hispidulous. Flowers white, pedicels 8 mm long; calyx 3 mm long, teeth short, recurved, hispid; corolla tube 15 mm long, thinly hispid, lobes 8 x 3 mm, oblong, glabrous; style 37 mm long. Fruits not seen.