Plant of the month

Tridynamia spectabilis (Kurz) Parmar

Lianas; leaves board ovate, hairy below; bracteoles 3, sepal-like, unequal; sepals quincuncial, 3 outers, 2 inners smaller; corolla narrow funnelform, 2–3 cm long; tube widening gradually from base upward, obtusely 5-lobed; stamens 5, unequal, anthers not spiny; stigma 2-lobed, wrinkled; fruit an utricle; outer 3 sepals spathulate, ca 5 cm long; seed 1. Distributed in Assam, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, on limestone, to 700 m.