Fibraurea darshani, A New Species of Menispermaceae from the Western Ghats, India

Abstract

A new species, Fibraurea darshani Udayan & Ravikumar, is described and illustrated. The species differs from its closely allied species, F tinctoria Lour., in having non-tendrilliform young shoots, cream-coloured stem with watery sap, coriaceous leaves with prominent reticulations and truncate base; inflorescences arising always from leafless older stems, flowers in umbellate racemes with shorter peduncles and pedicels; triangular ovate tepals with three inner lobes, longer filaments; ellipsoid ovary with one ovule and shorter infructescence.