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Connarus grandis

Botanic Family

Connaraceae

Author

Jack

Common Names

• Liane Caco (Dominica)
• Laica (Dominica)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• W. Java
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore

Natural Habitats

• Primary and secondary forest
• riverside marshland
• forest margins
• swamp forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-Dec (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Dec (Malesia)

Large liana to 30m, shrub or tree with glabrous sometimes lenticellate branches, coriaceous leaves, 3-5 leaflets to 270mm x 125mm. Yellow tomentose inflorescence to 350mm x 300mm with minute bracts, pubescent sepals to 3.5mm x 1.5mm, white, pink or cream petals tipped with yellowish hairs to 7mm long, woody glabrous beaked or hooked scarlet follicles to 70mm x 20mm

Further References

• FOMP
• FS
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS