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Aeschynanthus micranthus

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

C.B. Clarke

Common Names

• Guang xi mang mao ju Tai (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Myanmar
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• forest
• degraded forest

Flowering Times

• Oct (China)
• Sep (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

Small climbing shrub to 4m with glabrous stems. Coriaceous leaves to 72mm x 39mm. 1-2 axillary flowers, calyx 4mm long with 5 lobes 1mm long, red corolla to 28mm long with bilabiate limb &orange to red lobes 3mm long speckled red inside. Glabrous capsule to 260mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Mobot