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Published In: The Cyclopaedia; or, universial dictionary of arts, . . . 26: 2. 1813. (Cycl.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: April-May.
Type: Type: Described from the Himalayas.
Distribution: Distribution: Outer ranges of the Himalayas to Western China.
Comment/Acknowledgements: A rare species in Pakistan. Collected only once in Bagh Tehsil, near Dhuli, where it grows in shady forest.
Illustration: Paris polyphylla Sm. (Illustration)
Map Location: C-7 Kashmir: Dhuli, Bagh tehsil, 1500-1800 m, edge of forest, R.R. Stewart. & E. Nasir 23738 (RAW, KUH).

 

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Rhizome creeping, 1-2 cm thick. Adventitious roots fibrous. Stem up to 50 cm tall, 3-6 mm thick. Leaves 4-9; leaf 10.5-16.5 x 2.5-5.5 cm, lanceolate, glabrous, acuminate, venation reticulate; petiole short, 1-1.4 cm long. Flower-solitary, terminal, pedicellate; pedicel 3.5-5.5 cm long. Outer perianth segments leaf-like, 5-10.2 x 1.3-3.3 cm, green, acuminate, venation reticulate; inner segments linear, usually shorter, 1-2 mm broad, yellow or yellowish-green. Stamens as many as the perianth segments; filaments flattened, 5-6 mm long; anthers basifixed, linear, 8-9 mm long, dehiscence longitudinal. Ovary sub-globose, incompletely 4-5-locular; styles 4-5, free to the base, tips curved; ovules many in each locule. Fruit a fleshy capsule, sub-globose, c. 2.5 cm in diameter, 4-5-valved. Seeds numerous, ovoid, c. 4 mm long, testa pulpy, red.
 
 
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