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Brachystemma calycinum

Botanic Family

Caryophyllaceae

Author

D. Don

Common Names

• Duan ban hua (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• W. Guangxi
• S. Guizhou
• SW Sichuan
• SE Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• NE India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Grasslands
• montanes slopes
• forests

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Dec (China)

Annual herb with sometimes scandent glabrous 4-angled stems to 6m. Mucronate serrulate glabrous leaves to 75mm x 15mm. Terminal or axillary lax thyrses or cymes to 80mm long with many white flowers to 6.5mm, with tiny leaves at base, glabrous sepals to 7mm long, 5 white petals to 2mm. Fruit a globose capsule 3mm long with 4 valves.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• F Indochine