Pan India Bouquets

Chirita bifolia D.Don

Family : Gesneriaceae
(Gesneria Family)
Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Gesneriaceae
Synonym(s) : Calosacme amplectens Wall.; Chirita amplectens Steud.; Chirita scabra Royle ex C.B.Clarke; Didymocarpus bifolius (D.Don) Jack ex DC.; Roettlera bifolia (D.Don) Kuntze; Bonnaya bifolia (D.Don) Spreng.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Henckelia bifolia (D.Don) A.Dietr.
Common name : Two-Leaved Chirita
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Shady moist rocks and bank in scrub forest and ravines; 900 - 2400 m. altitude
Key identification features : Flowering plant with only 2 leaves, one usually much smaller than other
Flower, Fruit : June-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 191; 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: 1320
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Chirita bifolia. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.