Indian Saprosma is a shrub, up to 1.5 m tall.
Leaves are up to 12 x 5 cm, ovate-oblong, pointed, somewhat
heart-shaped at base, domatia glandular, nerves 10-15 pairs. An
interesting character about this plant is that it emits a strong smell
of rotten eggs when the leaf is crushed. Flowers are borne 3-6
together, in terminal clusters, 7 mm long, shortly stalked, calyx 2 mm
long, lobesepals 4, ovate, acute. Flowers are white, densely hairy
within; anthers stalkless. Berry is 1 cm across, spherical, emarginate,
deep blue. Indian Saprosma is found in Western Ghats, particularly
Karnataka and Kerala.
Identification credit: Siddarth Machado
Photographed in Kodagu district, Karnataka.
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