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Aganosma cymosa

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) G. Don

Common Names

• Yun nan xiang hua teng (Pinyin)
• Khua mak ngam (Laos)
• Mak khao (Laos)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• SW. Guangxi
• Guizhou
• S. Yunnan - China
• India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)
• Nov (Laos)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Dec (China)

Brown tomentose woody twining liana or erect shrub with leaves 160mm x 70mm tomentose beneath & sparsely hairy above. Dense terminal cymes 40mm x 50mm with bracts to 10mm long of fragrant greenish & white, bluish or yellowish-white flowers, 5 sepals 11mm x 2mm, 5 petals 7mm long villous on backs tube to 7mm long villous outside, lobes 7mm, calyx & corolla hoary outside. Yellow hirsute or glabrescent paired follicles to 300mm long x 12mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• FOC
• NHSL
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• FSEG
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• JAA
• Kew
• IFV