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Cheniella corymbosa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Roxburgh ex de Candolle) R. Clark & Mackinder

Common Names

• Phanera
• Shou guan teng (Pinyin)
• Liane de Chine

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan - China
• India
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Apr-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Dec (China)

Slender evergreen woody tendril liana with glabrescent young branches, bifid leaves to 35mm x 40mm, upper surface glabrous, reddish pubescent on nerves beneath. Terminal and lateral corymbose many-flowered racemes with 2mm bracts and smaller bracteoles, fragrant 30mm white to pink or marked pink flowers, calyx splitting to 2-5 segments, petals 13mm x 8mm, brownish-red glabrous pod to 250mm x 25mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• FOC
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana