Eurysolen gracilis

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Eurysolen gracilis

Description

Herb or undershrub, 0.30-1 m. Leaves membranaceous, ovate to rhomboid, 6-8 by 2.5-4 cm, acute or acuminate, serrate, glabrescent on both surfaces, base, acute; Flowers 6-10(-30) in a verticillaster, in terminal or upper-axillary spikes, 8-15 cm long. Stamens exserted. Ovary very shortly stalked.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Batu Lanteh present, Central Sumatra present, E. Java present, Flores present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Mt Jang present, Mt Kerintji present, Tropical SE. Asia present, W. Sumbawa present
Tropical SE. Asia; in Malesia: Central Sumatra (Mt Kerintji), E. Java (Mt Jang), and Lesser Sunda Is. (W. Sumbawa: Batu Lanteh, common in Flores).

Notes

The Malesian material slightly deviates in the more spaced verticillasters (internodes to 1.5 cm at the base of the spike) and the large number of flowers per verticillaster (30 or more).

Citation

KENG 1969: p. 77. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 13
KUDO 1929 – In: Mem. Fac. Sc. & Agr. Taihoku Un.: 276
PRAIN 1906: p. 61. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: pl. 75
Wu 1959 – In: Acta Phytotax. Sin.: 2
MUKERJEE 1940 – In: Rec. Bot. Surv. India: 227