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Cleghornia malaccensis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(J.D. Hooker) King & Gamble

Common Names

• Jin ping teng (Pinyin)
• Gia do trom (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Giuzhou
• S.Yunnan - China
• Laos
• Malacca
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Streamsides
• riverbanks
• montane forests
• shrubland
• dense jungle

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jul (China)
• Jul (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Oct (China)

Tall glabrous liana to 35m, with leaves 160mm x 65mm. Terminal & axillary cymes or panicles to 100mm long with bracts, of white, yellow or yellowish flowers with yellow centre, 5 sepals 1mm long, glabrous corolla to 5mm long with lobes to 4mm, 5 petals 1mm long tube to 2.5mm long, lobes to 3.2mm. Paired follicles to 220mm long x 15mm

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• WFO
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• IFV