Pan India Bouquets

Dichroa febrifuga Lour.

Family : Hydrangeaceae
Family (Hindi name) : HYDRANGEA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Hydrangeaceae
Synonym(s) : Hydrangea pubescens Zipp. ex Miq.; Adamia sylvatica Meisn.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hydrangea febrifuga (Lour.) Y.De Smet & Granados
Common name : Blue Himalayan Hydrangea, Blue Evergreen Hydrangea
Vernacular name : Bhaasak (Nepali)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Primary forests, Forest Edges and Roadsides
Comments / notes : Dense terminal branched clusters of plae blue or violet flowers
Key identification features : Berries with bright dark blue, topped by persistent calyx
Flower, Fruit : May-December
Distribution :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
Native : Tropical & Subtropical Asia
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : South East Asia
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 138; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 193;
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Dichroa febrifuga. Downloaded on 4 March 2021.