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Argyreia henryi

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Craib) Craib

Common Names

• Chang ye yin bei teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• S.Yunnan - China
• N. Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Open forest
• thickets
• forest margins
• disturbed areas
• secondary growth

Flowering Times

• Oct-Nov (China)
• Sep-Feb (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Feb (China)

Scandent shrub or perennial evergreen woody climber with sparsely hispid stems. Leaves 200mm x 70mm glabrous above hairy beneath. Axillary cymes with bracts & bracteoles, of 55mm white to lilac flowers, exterior sepals 4mm x 4mmhairy outside, interior sepals villous, corolla 50mm or more long. Fruit a dark red berry to 10mm diameter.

Further References

• FOC
• DBThai
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew