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Bridelia stipularis

Botanic Family

Phyllanthaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Blume

Common Names

• Tu mi teng (Pinyin)
• Harinhara (India)
• His Long Khong (Laos)
• Hlekan (Myanmar)
• Lahpawk (Myanmar)
• Lahpawkru (Myanmar)
• Saung-me-ka (Myanmar)
• Seik-chi-nwe (Myanmar)
• Sinma-no-pyin (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Borneo
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• Andaman islands
• Assam - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• W. Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest & riverside scrub
• wasteland
• disturbed areas
• secondary growth
• primary or secondary forest
• swamps
• coastal
• mangroves.

Flowering Times

• All year (China)

Fruiting Times

• All year (China)

Perennial deciduous scandent woody climber or shrub to 8m with lenticellate stems, rufous-pubescent branches. Pilose leaves to 56mm x 62mm, white-velvety beneath with crenate margins. Axillary spikes of 1-6 flowers, 10mm diameter greenish or yellowish male flowers, reddish-green female flowers to 12mm diamete , hairy sepals to 5mm x 3mm, petals to 3mm x 2.5mm. Fruit a yellow to black glabrous leathery drupe to 13mm x 11mm.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• JFM
• Kew
• Wiart 2
• IFV