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| Flora of |
Upper Liddar Valleys |
| Botanical name |
Balanophora involucrata Hk.f. |
| Synonyms |
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| Family |
Balanophoraceae |
| Plant Stage |
Flowering |
| Place of collection |
Pehelgam |
| Altitude (m) |
2100 |
| Date of Collection |
21-08-1977 |
| Accession No. |
20294 |
| Total Accessions |
3 |
| Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
27/a |
| Remarks: Erect, glabrous, fleshy herb, 10-13.5 cm tall, yellowish or red. Male flowers: surrounding the base of the head (in monoecious forms). Perianth limb max. breadth 4.9 mm; lobes 3(4-5), broad, ovate-obtuse, ± 1.7 mm long; apex bilobed, if connate reflexed, rather thick. Anthers connate, transversely oblong, 1.6-2 mm broad, on dehiscence emitting copious, yellow pollen. Female flowers naked, numerous, interspersed with subglobulate to clavate bracts, 0.5-0.8 mm long; minute. |
| Identified by |
B.M.Sharma |
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