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Combretum wallichii

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

• Shi feng che zi Pinyin)
• Dây làng (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Borneo
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Sichuan
• Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• woodlands
• beside streams
• thickets
• scrub
• montane areas
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Mar-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Glabrous liana or scandent or erect shrub with terminal & axillary hairy spikes or racemes to 90mm with bracts to 1.5mm long of scented yellow to green flowers to 4mm, glabrous calyx with 4 lobes 1.5mm long, 4 petals to 2.5mm long, glabrous outside, villous inside, purple, dark brown or red puberulous 4-winged fruit to 33mm x 30mm long, wings 25mm x 15mm, mucronate leaves glabrescent both surfaces, finely villous branches

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• F Indochine