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Aristolochia foveolata

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Merrill

Common Names

• Feng wo ma dou ling (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Taiwan - China
• NE. Sumatra - Indonesia
• Terengganu - Malaysia
• Philippines

Natural Habitats

• Montane thickets
• primary and secondary forest
• lowland forest
• streamside forest

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (China)
• May-Aug
• Dec (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)
• May
• Oct
• Dec (Malesia)

Herbaceous twiner to 40m or glabrous scandent shrub with corky bark and longitudinally ridged or fissured lenticellate stems. Coriaceous lobed leaves to 240mm x 210mm, glabrous above, puberulous beneath. Axillary or cauligerous racemes to 4 flowers, hairy bracts to 5mm long, 20mm long purple-brown flowers. 35mm x 15mm sometimes ridged, glabrous capsule.

Further References

• NYBG
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Merrill