Fagonia indica
Diagnostic description:
Slender, erect, pale-green glabrous plant with elongated
striate terete internodes and whitish-green, slightly
swollen, nodes; only young parts being pruinose
and glandular. Leaves simple (unifoliate), narrow
oblong-linear, acute short-petioled with a joint between
petiole and blade. Flowers up to 12 mm. across.
Capsule 4 mm. in length and breadth, with persistent
calyx. Fruit-peduncle longer
than capsule, slender,
reflexed.
Taxonomic name:
