Galphimia gracilis Bartl.

Family: Malphigiaceae

Taxonomy : Plantae > Tracheophyta > Equisetopsida > Malpighiales > Malpighiaceae > Galphimia > G. gracilis

Common name [English]: Golden Thyrallis, Rain Of Gold, Slender Gold shower

Vernacular name [Malayalam]:ഗാൽഫിമിയ

Nativity: Mexico to Peru, NE. Brazil.

Habitat: Garden plant

Description: Shrubs; young parts appressed-reddish hairy, glabrescent with age. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, acute at base, obtuse to rounded at apex with an acute tip, 3-5 x 1-2 cm. Flowers 1-2 cm across, in terminal racemes, inflorescences overtopped by 2 lateral branches. Calyx lobes ovate, rounded or subacute at apex, sometimes recurved. Petals unequal, clawed, yellow; limbs 3-angled, entire. Fruits globose, brown.

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References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org