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Aeschynanthus acuminatus

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

Wallich ex A.P. de Candolle

Propagation

C.

Common Names

• Mang mao ju tai (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• SE. Xizang
• S. & SE. Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• On trees & rocks in forest
• secondary forest
• streamside forest

Flowering Times

• Oct-Mar (China)
• Sep-Dec (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-May (China)

Evergreen epiphytic or occasionally lithophytic glabrous woody vine or shrub to 12m with glabrous leaves to 75mm x 35mm. Axillary or pseudo-terminal cymes of 22mm long red or rarely greenish-cream flowers, 5-parted calyx, green to brownish red sepals, dark red petals. Fruit a capsule to 160mm.

Further References

• FOC : Bodkin
• JDH
• USNH
• The Plant List 2
• Mobot
• de Candolle