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Aeschynanthus radicans

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

Jack

Propagation

C.D.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Hardiness Zone

Min 15C

Common Names

• Lipstick Plant
• Lipstick Vine
• Akar Berenas or Akar Rambai Daun (Malay)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Java
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Perak
• Terengganu - Malaysia
• Singapore
• Philippines
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• woodland
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• All year

Fruiting Times

Hairy-stemmed, stem-rooting climbing epiphyte & lithophyte. Glabrescent fleshy leaves to 30mm x 20mm. Axillary or sometimes terminal inflorescences of 80mm scarlet red flowers with yellow throat, villous outside, yellow inside, 5 lobed hairy purple calyx to 20mm long, hairy bright red bilobed curved corolla to 50mm long. 350mm hook shaped fruit capsule with persistent calyx.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FS
• Botanicus
• FOMP
• GBS
• Wiart 2