1. Home
2. Atherandra acutifolia

Atherandra acutifolia

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Decaisne

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Penang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• montane areas
• thickets

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Glabrous slender twining shrub or liana with glabrescent stems. Coriaceous leaves glabrescent both surfaces to 150mm x 45mm. Axillary & terminal cymes to 70mm long with bracts to 2mm long, of whitish or yellow-brown flowers, calyx with 5 sepals, corolla tube with lobes to 18mm long. Follicles to 120mm long.

Further References

• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• USNH
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• IFV