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Ayenia andamanensis

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Kurz) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

• Thayaw (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Andaman Islands - India
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Feb

Fruiting Times

Climbing or creeping glabrous shrub, tomentose stems when young. Dentate leaves 3-5 lobed, 140mm x 120mm, villous above, tomentose beneath. Axillary corymbs to 50mm long, 5 puberulent sepals, 5 petals, corolla to 1.5mm. Yellow glabrous capsule 25mm diameter.

Further References

• USNH
• F Indochine
• Kew