English: Snow Creeper.
Nepali: Papre lahara.
Synonym: Porana racemosa; Porana cordifolia.
Region: Himalayas, Kashmir to Bhutan, China, SE Asia.
Habitat: altitudes of 100 to 2400 m.
BotanyHerb: attractive, lofty climber.
Leaves: heart-shaped, pointed, 3 to 8 cm long; slender leaf-stalks, 1 to 8 cm; bracts are heart-shaped, stem-clasping.
Inflorescence: long slender branched clusters resembling dazzling patches of snow in the jungle.
Flower: white; small, about 8 to 13 mm long, with somewhat rounded petals forming half the flower length; petals are up to 1.2 cm long, spreading; sepals are oblong, hairy, 2 mm, enlarging, papery in fruit up to 1.2 cm; flowering from August to October.