Diplomorpha sikokiana
is a shrub growing to 1-2m in height, inhabiting sunny forests in
hilly districts; barks are dark brown and glossy, having dense hairs
on them. Leaves alternate in a distichous way. Blades are 1-4cm in
width, in the shape of an ovate, with margins entire and dense
adpressed silky hairs on upper and lower surfaces. Flowers, 7-20 in
number, attach to branch tops; calyx tubes, about 8mm long, are
cleft into 4, the outsides having dense adpressed hairs. Bloom time:
May-June. |