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Beaumontia brevituba

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Oliver

Common Names

• Duan chang hua (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangxi
• Hainan - China
• Myanmar
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Montane forests
• moist
• riverbank
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Spring-Summer

Fruiting Times

Climbing liana to 12m with g;abrescent lenticellate branchlets. Mostly glabrous leaves to 250mm x 110mm. 215mm long cymes of 3-6 fragrant 150mm white flowers 120mm diameter, pale yellow sepals to 55mm x 32mm, white corolla to 120mm diameter with tube to 85mm long & lobes to 55mm x 50mm. Fruit a follicle to 164mm.

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• JDH
• HIP