Trichodesma zeylanicum var. zeylanicum
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Description
Annual, up to 1.75 m high.
Leaves sessile, broadly lanceolate, lower leaves 6—12(—16) by 1—3(—5.5) cm, upper leaves 3-6 by 0.3- 1.5 cm, base narrow, rounded, apex acute, midrib and several primary nerves strongly protruding on lower side, strigose to spreading bristly with hairs from groups of mineralized cells on upper, with few spreading, long bristles and denser, often antrorse, short hairs on lower side.
Stamens: anthers shorter than awns, awns twisted, 0.8-1 cm long, with long hairs horizontally wound around anthers.
Distribution
Alor present, Asia-Tropical: India present; New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present), Comores present, Flores present, Madagascar present, Madura present, Mascarene Islands present, NE and E Africa present, Sumba present, Timor present
NE and E Africa, Comores, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, India, Sri Lanka; Malesia: Java (Madura), Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores, Sumba, Timor, Alor), New Guinea.