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Snow creeper

Dinetus racemosus

Description:

Surprisingly rarely seen is this most attractive, lofty climber with white flowers, borne in long slender branched clusters resembling dazzling pathches of snow in the jungle. Flowers are small, about 0.8-1.3 cm long, with somewhat rounded petals forming half the flower length. Petals are up to 1.2 cm long, spreading. Sepals are oblong, hairy, 2 mm, enlarging and papery in fruit up to 1.2 cm. Leaves are heart-shaped, pointed, 3-8 cm long. Slender leaf-stalks are 1-8 cm. Bracts are heart-shaped, stem-clasping

Habitat:

The stalks are eaten in the Deccan areas. Snow Creeper is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, China and SE Asia, at altitudes of 100-2400 m. It is also found in the Western Ghats. Flowering: August-October.

1 Comment

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Prashasti : Depending on the shape of the leaf n flower, seems not so....thank u for suggestion.

Adarsha B S
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Adarsha B S

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Aug 16, 2012
Submitted on Aug 31, 2012

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