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Anodendron affine

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Hooker & Arnott) Druce

Common Names

• Shan teng (Pin yin)
• Sung traû (Vietnam)
• Sakaki-kazura (Japan)
• Asian Cable Creeper

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Hongkong
• Hunan
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• India
• Honshu
• Kyushu Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist rocky area
• woodland
• shrubland
• forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Apr-Nov (China)
• Apr-Aug (Vietnam)
• May-Jun (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct

Glabrous woody liana to 10m+ with coriaceous leaves 100mm x 30mm. Terminal or axillary many-flowered panicles or cymes to 260mm with bracts to 1.7mm long and bracteoles, fragrant yellowish-white flowers to 5mm, 5 sepals 2.5mm long, corolla tube to 5mm x 2mm, lobes to 6mm x 1.5mm, white hairy inside, 5 petals 5mm long. Fruit a twin divaricate pod to 130mm x 30mm

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• FOJ
• Kew
• Merrill