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Aeschynanthus parviflorus

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

(D. Don) K. Sprengel

Conservation Status

Least concern

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Xizang - China
• Assam - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• primary or secondary forest
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Stem-rooting epiphytic climber & creeper with glabrous stems. Coriaceous leaves to 190mm x 50mm. Axillary or subterminal 1-36 flowered umbels with bracts to 11mm long, red calyx to 16.8mm long with tube 8.5mm long x 6mm & lobes to 12.9mm x 3mm, corolla orange & clothed with down, reddish above with orange-red lobes to 38mm long with lobes to 6.4mm x 5.7mm. 4-angled capsule to 475mm x 5mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• CBC
• D.J. Middleton