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Aristolochia saccata

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Wallich

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Guan lan xiang (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnsam

Natural Habitats

• Forest. Medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• May-Jun

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Sep

Twining shrub with villous stems. Leaves to 320mm x 210mm, glabrous above, silky-brown beneath. Axillary solitary black-brown villous flowers on old woody stems to 5 flowers, smelly 75mm purple-brown flowers with violet tips and yellow inside, tube to 20mm long with purple veins & yellow inside. Fruit a capsule to 100mm long.

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List
• Rheedea