Pan India Bouquets

Viburnum mullaha Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Family : Caprifoliaceae
(Honeysuckle Family)
Family (Hindi name) : RASHINA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Caprifoliaceae
Synonym(s) : Viburnum cuttingianum Merr.; Viburnum involucratum Wall. ex DC.; Viburnum mullaha var. involucratum (Wall. ex DC.) H.O.Saxena; Viburnum stellulatum Wall. ex DC.; Viburnum stellulatum var. glabrescens C.B.Clarke; Viburnum stellulatum var. involucratum (Wall. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke; Viburnum thaiyongense W.W.Sm.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Viburnum mullaha Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Common name : Starry Viburnum
Vernacular name : Molo, Mahelo, Kaandaa Maalu (Nepali); Vawngser (Mizo)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Broad-leaved/Tusga forest, frequently in open or cleared areas, 1524 - 3048 m. altitude
Key identification features : Branchlets of current year and abaxial surfaces of young leaves stellate- tomentose; calyx tube and corolla outside densely stellate-pubescent.
Flower, Fruit : June-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (North-West Yunnan) and North Myanmar
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 143; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1357
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Viburnum mullaha. Downloaded on 7 July 2022.

Pan India Bouquets by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.