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Cynanchum corymbosum

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Wight

Common Names

• Ci gua (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hunan
• Sichuan
• Yunnan - China
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Laos
• Penang
• Perak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• open woodland
• riversides
• montane areas
• jungle
• forest
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• May-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Dec (China)

Glabrous slender tuberous twining shrub to 2m, with glabrous or hairy stems. Sparsely pubescent or glabrous leaves to 200mm x 100mm. Axillary cymes, racemes or corymbs to 70mm of greenish-white flowers 5mm x 8mm, sepals to 2mm x 1mm, greenish-white corolla 5.5mm x 8mm across, lobes to 5mm, white corona 4mm high. Spiny reddish follicles to 125mm long x 37.5mm.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• Botanicus
• JDH
• WFO
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• IFV