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Cnesmone javanica

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Hai nan cu mao teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• SW Guangxi
• Hainan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Myanmar
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malacca
• Pahang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane thickets & forests
• forest
• bamboo forest
• clearings
• lowland & hills

Flowering Times

• Apr-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• May-Oct (China)

Twining slender woody climber or subshrub covered in stinging hairs, most parts densely yellow-villous, with green flowers males to 5mm, female to 10mm long, fruit 15mm x 7mm 20mm long villous racemes of 4mm male flowers, female flowers to 7mm, female peianth with 6 lobes, fruit a villous capsule to 10mm diameter

Further References

• FOT
• NYBG
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• JAA
• Kew
• GBS