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Aeschynanthus chiritoides

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

C.B. Clarke

Common Names

• Xiao chi mang mao ju tai (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• SE. Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Feb-Dec (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (China)

Aerial root climber with rust-brown pubescent stems. Denticulate glabrous leaves to 19mm x 10mm. Axillary cymes of 34mm yellow to white flower, calyx 4mm long with 5 triangular lobes, yellow corolla to 34mm long with tube 26mm long, bilabiate limb, upper lip 7mm long lower lip 9mm long. Fruit a capsule to 80mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke