Wendlandia exserta
| Wendlandia exserta | |
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| Flower of Wendlandia exserta in Panchkhal, Nepal | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Wendlandia |
| Species: | W. exserta |
| Binomial name | |
| Wendlandia exserta | |
Wendlandia exserta (Ukan Pansara in Pakistan), (Simtaaraa in Nepal) is small evergreen tree, bark reddish brown, branches and branchlets grey tomentose. Leaves opposite, 6-20 x 2–10 cm, ovate-broadly lanceolate or lanceolate coriaceous, entire, acute, grey tomentose beneath, petiole 1.25-2.5 cm long. Stipules semicircular or ovate. Inflorescence terminal, pyramidal, 15–25 cm long and broad. Flower white, fragrant. sessile, bracteolate, c. 5 mm long, and broad. Calyx 2.5 mm long, densely tomentose; tube globose; lobes 5, c. 5 mm long, obtuse more or less triangular. Corolla subcampanulate white; tube short, c. 1.5 mm long, lobes 5, oblong, rounded or obtuse. Filaments as long as the anthers. Style deeply bifid. Capsule 2.5 mm long, grey tomentose. This plant grows in sub-Himalayan tracts, ascending up to 1200 m.The wood is very durable and resistant against white ants. It is common in Pakistan (Punjab), Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, India (Central, N. Deccan).[1]