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Agelaea macrophylla

Botanic Family

Connaraceae

Author

(Zollinger) Leenhouts

Common Names

• Akar Kachang Jantan (Singapore)
• Akar Malam 9 Sarawak)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Primary and secondary forest
• lowland forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Dec (Malesia)

Large woody liana or creeper with glabrous branches, leaf-stalk to 150mm long, coriaceous leaves, terminal leaflet to 340mm x 140mm. Axillary pubescent panicles to 40mm long of whitish flowers, puberulous sepals to 2.2mm x 1.3mm, glabrous petals to 6mm x 1.5mm. Orange to red follicles to 15mm x 7.5mm with small warts & a beak to 3mm long.

Further References

• FOSi
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• Flora Malesiana
• P. Chai
• GBS
• AUWP