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Beaumontia murtonii

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Craib

Common Names

• Si mao qing ming hua (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• S.Yunnan - China
• Laos
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Thailand
• S. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• montane thickets
• riversides

Flowering Times

• Nov-Dec (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

Tall woody evergreen liana to 18m with lenticellate glabrescent stems. Glabrescent leaves 300mm x 130mm slightly coriaceous. Terminal cymes or panicles to 200mm with bracts to 15mm & bracteoles to 10mm long, fragrant 150mm white flowers, tube to 65mm, lobes to 30mm, 5 sepals 40mm x 20mm, 5 petals 40mm x 40mm & tube to 20mm densely tomentose outside. Seed a follicle to 180mm long.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• GBS
• Kew
• IFV