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Bowringia callicarpa

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

Champion ex Bentham

Common Names

• Teng huai (Pinyin)
• Giay-gan (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Hongkong - China
• Laos
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• secondary forest
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Woody liana or scandent shrub, glabrous stems. Coriaceous glabrous unifoliolate leaves. Axillary glabrous 50mm racemes or corymbs of 15mm long scented white flowers, glabrous calyx to 4mm long, standard to 8mm across. Pod to 30mm x 15mm.

Further References

• FOC
• HKU
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• ILDIS