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Chassalia curviflora

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Wallich) Thwaites

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane woodland. Leaves have medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• Apr Apr-Jul (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (Vietnam)

Climbing glabrous herb, tree or shrub with terminal racemes or corymbs to 120mm of white, pink, violet or yellow flower with yellow throat to 25mm long, 4-5 sepals 0.25mm long, black calyx tube 1mm long 4-5 petals 1.5mm long, corolla tube glabrous outside to 12mm long, corolla to 25mm long, coriaceous leaves 250mm x70mm glabrous above, pubescent on nerves beneath, fruit a black calyx drupe surmounted by remains of calyx, black outside

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Mobot
• JFM
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• Kew