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Argyreia capitiformis

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Poiret) Ooststroom

Propagation

C.S.

Common Names

• Tou hua yin bei teng (Pinyin)
• Min-go-ga (Myanmar)
• Nwe-ni (Myanmar)
• Nwe-phyu (Myanmar)
• Akar Ulan Bukit (Malaysia)
• Akar Tumiang (Malaysia)
• Akar Tapah Rusa (Malaysia)
• Akar Lana Bulu (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kelantan
• Negeri-Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Open forest
• wasteland
• disturbed areas
• forests
• thickets
• secondary forest
• forest margins
• lowlands
• mountains

Flowering Times

• Sep-Dec (China)

Fruiting Times

• Feb (China)

Large scandent rufous-hirsute twining shrub or climber to 15m. Leaves 180mm x 130mm with velvety yellow down on both surfaces. 3-6 flowered cymes with hirsute bracts 25mm x 10mm, 55mm maroon, pale violet, pink or white flowers hispid without, sepals hirsute outside exterior sepals 15mm x 6mm, interiors sepals 10mm long, pink corolla hirsute outside 50mm long with tube 8mm long with white base, pink or mauve above & dark centre. Glabrous fruit 8mm diameter, brown, orange-red or reddish-brown berries.

Medicinal uses, stems used for binding

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Fedde
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Kew