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Argyreia hookeri

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

C. B. Clarke

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

Naturalised in some areas

Common Names

• Suntiki (Nepali)
• O-na-gok-nwe (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Stream banks
• hedges
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jul to Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jul to Sep

Large glabrescent twining or creeping shrub with mucronulate leaves to 180mm x 180mm, glabrous above, hairy beneath. Few-flowered axillary cymes of 70mm pink flowers with bracts to 18mm long, 3 outer sepals to 12mm long, inner ones white silky to 9mm, pink purple corolla dark purple inside to 70mm long. Berry 25mm diameter.

Further References

• Manandhar 2002
• JDH
• Thai F
• USNH
• Flora Malesiana
• Kew