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Aristolochia bracteolata

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Lamarck

Common Names

• Poe-that (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Burkina faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Djibouti
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Gulf States
• India
• Kenya
• Mali
• Myanmar
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Yanzania
• Uganda
• Yemen

Natural Habitats

• Montane streamsides
• lakeside
• grassland
• bushland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Perennial glabrous herb or climber-creeper, mostly prostrate, unpleasantly smelling, whitish striate rhizomatous stems. Glabrous leaves to 60mm x 60mm. Solitary axillary flowers with bracts to 17mm diameter, flowers mostly yellow-brown with purple of maroon lip or green at base to 40mm long, tube to 15mm long x 2mm wide, to 8mm x 8mm at mouth, limb to 22mm x 7mm. Glabrous 12-ribbed capsule to 30mm x 15mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• FOTA
• FTEA