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Alyxia marginata

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Pitard

Common Names

• Xian bian lian zhu teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• SW. Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• Laos
• N. Myanmar
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• shrubland forest edge
• primary & secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Sep-Nov (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Dec (China)
• May (Vietnam)

Glabrous woody liane or tree with puberulent angled lenticellate, sometime glabrescent stems. Coriaceous leaves 150mm x 57mm in whorls of 3-4. Axillaryor rarely terminal cymes with bracts to 1.9mm x 1mm of 4-7 white to cream flowers with bracteoles, sepals to 1.4mm x 1mm, white corolla, tube to 10mm long, lobes to 4.5mm x 2.2mm. Drupe to 16mm long x 10mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew
• Blumea