mishamitika :
Morphology:
Small stemless herbs.
Rootstock: horizontal, perennial, golden yellow, woody, densely fibrous, very bitter.
Leaves: ternatisect, glabrous,
Petioles: 6-12 in.;
Leaflets: 2-3 in., ovate-lanceolate, pinnatiiid, lobes incised, terminal largest.
Scape: equalling the leaves.
Flowers: 1-3—pedicelled, regular, small, white on slender leafless scapes.
Bracts: leafy.
Sepals: 5-6, ½ in. oblong—lanceolate, acute.
Petals: 5-6, narrow, ligulate, obtuse, ⅔ shorter than the sepals.
Carpels pedicelled, spreading.
Ovules many.
Follicles many-seeded. Seeds with a black crustaceous testa. Mishmi nuts, Bengal.
Histology:
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