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Alyxia sinensis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Champion ex Bentham

Common Names

• Lian zhu teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• NC. Taiwan
• Zhejiang - China
• NE. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest margins
• shrubland
• woodland
• montane woodland
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Mar-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Dec (China)

Glabrous or pubescent woody twiner with angled or striate branchlets. Leaves to 80mm x 30mm in whorls of 3. Axillary or subterminal few-flowered cymes of flowers reddish to yellow & white, sepals to 2.9mm x 1.2mm, corolla tubes to 5mm long, lobes to 2mm. Black drupe to 105mm x 10mm with persistent sepals to 1.5mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• PJS
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Merrill
• Blumea