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Aspidopterys tomentosa

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Blume) A. Jussieu

Common Names

• Hai nan dun chi teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Hainan
• S. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands - India
• Java - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Hill forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Liana to 10m or more, rufous pubescent stems. Coriaceous leaves glabrous both surfaces to 130mm x 110mm. Red tomentose umbels with bracts to 5mm and bracteoles, white flowers with glabrous sepals 1.5mm x 1mm, glabrous petals 5mm x 2.5mm. Glabrescent fruit with surrounding pale green or yellow samara to 40mm x 30mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• FOC
• IFV