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Chonemorpha fragrans
Chonemorpha fragrans
- Botanic Family
- Apocynaceae
- Author
- (Moon) Alston
- Propagation
- C.S.
- Cultivated
- C, ornamental
- Hardiness Zone
- Zone 10
Common Names
- Malayan Jasmine
- Ghibinduri (Gurung)
- Ghoryu (Nepali)
- Gothala Phul (Nepali)
- Hammal Kanda (Nepali)
- Da ye lu jiao teng (Pinyin)
- Frangipani Vine
- Tiang papa (Laos)
- War chrey chrouy (Laos)
- Khua mat kakim (Vietnam)
- Cây giây thuoc (Vietnam)
- Mit ao xiao (Vietnam)
- Akar Gegrip Merah (Malaysia)
Geographical Habitats
- Bangladesh
- Borneo
- Cambodia
- Guangxi
- E. Xizang
- Yunnan - China
- India
- Java
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Sulawesi
- Sumatra - Indonesia
- Laos
- Malacca
- Pahang
- Penang
- Perak - Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Montane forests. forest edges
- lowland forest
Flowering Times
- May-Jul (China)
- Jun (Laos)
- Jun-Aug (Vietnam)
Fruiting Times
Large hairy evergreen twining liana to 30m, or erect shrub with pubescent branches, lenticellate stems. Simple opposite leaves fulvous-tomentose above & slightly coriaceous to 450mm x 450mm, glabrous above. Terminal cymes to 170mm long with pubescent bracts to 9mm & bracteoles to 8mm long, of 85mm x 100mm very fragrant creamy-white flowers with yellow throat or reddish, tubular hairy calyx to 10mm, corolla to 80mm wide, tube to 45mm long, lobes to 40mm, 5 petals 50mm x 20mm with hairy corolla tube 80mm long villous outside, lobes 50mm. Glabrous paired follicles to 340mm long x 20mm.
Fibre of bark used for fish nets, stem has medicinal uses.
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Herklots 1976
- van der Spuy 1976
- Manandhar 2002
- FOC
- Llamas 2003
- WFO
- de Candolle
- G. Don
- Sahyadri
- Botanicus
- F Indochine
- FOMP
- GBS
- Kew
- IFV