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Aeschynanthus moningerae

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

(Merrill) W.Y. Chun

Common Names

• Hong hua mang mao ju tai (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Hainan - China
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Shady wet places
• forest
• streamside
• secondary forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Sep-Feb (China)
• Apr (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-May (China)

Glabrous epiphytic or epipetric shrub or climber to 4m, stems often pendent. Glabrous mucronate leaves to 33mm x 8mm. Axillary or pseudo-terminal 1-10 flowered cyme with 2 bracts of 30mm red flowers, 5-lobed calyx, red to orange, yellow or white, occasionally greenish 2-lipped corolla to 15mm diameter. Fruit capsule to 290mm long

Further References

• Mobot : FOC
• The Plant List 2