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Cnestis palala

Botanic Family

Connaraceae

Author

(Loureiro) Merrill

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Shi mao guo (Pinyin)
• Kalakalamyasan (Philippines)
• Khua Hon Kay (Laos)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Hainan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets on stream sides
• lakeside
• dry woodland
• open places
• rainforest
• lowland forest
• coastal forest
• swamp & hillock forest.

Flowering Times

• Aug-Sep (China)
• Oct-Apr (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (China)
• May-Jul (Malesia)

Tomentose scandent shrub, small tree or tall liana to 25m with buff-tomentose branchlets. Leaves imparipinnate to 500mm long, leaflets to 31, to 95mm x 35mm, nearly glabrous above, pubescent beneath, bright pink shoots. Tomentose axillary panicles to 80mm long of 5mm diameter hairy greyish-white cauliflorous flowers with dark brown centre, red velvety sepals, white petals. Tomentose follicles yellow or brownish to 70mm x 25mm, large pear-shaped orange to scarlet fruit .

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• HKU
• JDH
• FOSi
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana GBS
• Wiart 2
• Mobot
• BF
• USNH
• JFM