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Argyreia mastersii

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Prain) Raizada

Common Names

• Ye bao yin bei teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• S. & SW. Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• N. Myanmar
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Open forests
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

Scandent villous shrub or creeper. Leaves to 170mm x 150mm, whitish-villous beneath, strigose above. Cymes with bracts to 24mm x 5mm. of red-purple flowers, whitish outside, sepals to 9.4mm x 3.5mm, corolla to 40mm long. Fruit a dark purple berry to 10mm diameter enclosed by calyx.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Kew