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Cayratia pedata

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Lamarck) Jussieu ex Gagnepain

Common Names

• Niao zu wu lian mei (Pinyin)
• Goali Lata (India)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• Christmas Island
• India
• Java - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• forest
• disturbed areas
• secondary growth Medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Aug
• Dec
• Jun (China)
• Jul-Aug (Thailand) Jul (Sri Lanka) Sep (Vietnam) Apr (India)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• Jul
• Aug
• Dec
• Sep-Nov (China)
• Sep-Oct (Thailand) May-Sep (Vietnam)

Woody annual sometimes hairy tendril dioecious liana to 5m with 1-3fid tendrils, hairy hoary stems becoming glabrescent. Pubescent leaves, leaflets to 9, serrated & downy white-pubescent beneath, central leaflet to 70mm x 20mm. Pubescent axillary polychasiums or corymbose leaf-opposed cymes to 80mm across of white flowers, villous calyx, 4 glabrous petals to 2.2mm long. Fruit a greenish white to red berry to 15mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• JPS
• TWFO
• MPSL
• J.S. Gamble
• BF
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• IFV
• Jstor