Trichodesma indicum
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Description
Annual herb.
Leaves sessile, oblong, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, lower leaves 5-8 by 0.8- cm, upper leaves 2-4.5 by 0.3-1.2 cm, base in lowermost leaves narrow, in the others broadly rounded, semiamplexicaulous, apex acute or obtusish, midrib distinct, sometimes also a few other nerves visible, hairs spreading-antrorse, arising from groups of mineralized cells on upper side, loose, crispulate on lower side.
Inflorescences terminal on stem and branches, leafy, flowers axillary; pedicels 0.8-1.8 cm, curved downwards in fruit, with long, dense, spreading hairs.
Stamens: anthers oblong, sterile, twisted apex 4-5 mm long, densely woolly.