Botanical name: Sonerila sahyadrica    Family: Melastomataceae (Melastome family)
Synonyms: Sonerila kanjilasseriensis

Sahyadri Sonerila is a herb with tuberous with short stem up to 2 cm long, branched at tip. 5–10 flowers per inflorescence. Petals glandular-hairy marginally; midrib glandular- hairy. Anthers are not beaked.The several shade patterns of blade from green to purple are common among and between the populations. The blade varies from ovate to broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic with pointed, rounded, subheart-shaped-heart-shaped bases; pointed or blunt-pointed or shortly tapering at tips. The leaf size varies from 2-15 cm long and 0.8-9 cm broad with 4-12 pairs of secondary nerves. The length of leaf-stalks varies from 0.5–14 cm long. Capsules are 2.5-4 mm long, glandular hairy. Sahyadri Sonerila is found in the Western Ghats.

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