Description
Branched, slender herb, 30 cm or more high.
Leaves thin membranaceous, rhomboid to ovate, sparingly puberulent on both surfaces, 1.2-3.5 by 0.5-1.5 cm, acute, base cuneate or attenuate, entire, margin elsewhere serrate;
Flowers on 2-3 mm long pedicels.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present; Lesser Sunda Is. present, Deccan Peninsula present, S. Asia present, Sumba present, Tropical Africa present
Tropical Africa and S. Asia (India: Deccan Peninsula); in Malesia: Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumba), once collected.
Citation
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 47
BAKER 1900 – In: Fl. Trop. Afr.: 349
MUKERJEE 1940 – In: Rec. Bot. Surv. India: 34
