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P.silentvalleyensis
| Botany: | Slender climber, stem about 0.5-1.0 cm thick, swollen at the nodes, branches terete, entirely glabrous, petiole short, about 3-6 mm, grooved, sheaths minutely pubescent, leaves alternate, elliptic- lanceolate, somewhat coriaceous, lamina 5-8.5 cm long and 2- 3.5 cm broad, glabrous on both sides, base acute, more or less asymmetric, tip caudate - acuminate, lamina prominently ribbed, lateral ribs two pairs, first from the base and second about the 0.5 cm above the base. Spikes 2.5- 5.5 cm long, erect and flexuous, peduncle very short 0.1- 0.3 cm long; glabrous, furrowed when dry, never longer than petiole, bracts orbicular, peltate stalked, about 0.07 cm in diameter, flowers bisexual, stamens two, very short, anthers 2- lobed, reniform, attached transversely at the tip of the filament, dehiscing by longitudinal slit. Ovary globoid, style absent, stigma minute, 3- lobed; fruit very small, mature one about 0.1 cm. across, obovate with striations, spicy and mildly pungent. |
| Keyfeature: | Spike filiform | | Distribution: | 1000 - 1500 m MSL.Only found in Western ghats. Rare species |
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