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Cansjera rheedei

Botanic Family

Opiliaceae

Author

J. F. Gmelin

Common Names

• Shan gan teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore
• Malaca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal thickets & forest
• secondary forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Oct-Dec (China)
• Nov-Dec (India)
• Nov-Jan (Vietnam)
• All Year (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Apr

Climbing root parasite, woody liana to 11m or erect shrub sometimes with curved thorns and densely puberulent young branches. Coriaceous leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath to 130mm x 50mm. 3mm yellowish flowers in pubescent axillary spikes 10-20 flowers, 4 petals villous outside. Fruit an orange-red glabrous drupe to 15mm x 12mm .

Further References

• FOC
• HKU
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• BF
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Kew