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Argyreia maingayi

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(C.B. Clarke) Hoogland

Common Names

• Akar Trong-trong (Malaysia)
• Akar K'lupus (Malaysia)
• Akar Sumulut (Malaysia)
• Tentarong (Malaysia)
• Akar Ulan Gajah (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Johore
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• jungle
• riverside
• swamp

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Large bristly stout twiner with hairy branches becoming glabrescent. Leaves glabrous except a few hairs beneath to 200mm x 110mm. Axillary cymes to 75mm across with sparsely hairy bracts to 12mm across, bristly sepals to 20mm long, mauve-violet or white corolla with pink, red, crimson or purple stripe, to 60mm long, hairy outside. Pink berry 20mm long

Medicinal uses, edible fruit

Further References

• JDH
• Thai F
• FOMP
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Kew