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Aeschynanthus parasiticus

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Wallich

Propagation

C.D.S.

Common Names

• San hua mang mao ju tai (Pinyin)
• Pedalet-swe (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Xizang
• SE. Yunnan - China
• Andaman islands
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Mixed forest
• evergreen & bamboo
• forest edges

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep (Thailand)
• Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Mar (Thailand)

Epiphytic glabrous perennial vine, creeper or shrub with radicant stems. Coriaceous leaves to 150mm x 25mm. Pseudo-terminalmany-flowered cymes of orange-red flowers marked black-purple to 52mm with bracts, 5-parted calyx, curved corolla with 5 segments. Pendulous capsule to 300mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• NYBG
• JDH
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• PCC
• Mobot