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Cynanchum ovalifolium

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Wight

Common Names

• Tai wan bei guan teng (Pinyin)
• Akar Bano (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Borneo
• Taiwan - China
• Java
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Lankawi
• Malacca
• Negri-Sembilan
• Penang
• Perak - Malaysia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forests
• thickets
• montane areas
• hedgerows
• woodland
• forest margins

Flowering Times

• May-Oct (China)
• Feb-Apr (Indonesia)
• May-Jun (Philippines)

Fruiting Times

Slender glabrous herbaceous twining shrub with glabrous coriaceous leaves to 150mm x 50mm. Cymes or racemes of up to 35 flowers of 10mm diameter, subtended by leaves 6mm across, yellowish-green 5-parted corolla tipped red to 6mm x 6mm. Glabrous green follicle to 125mm long x 30mm

Further References

• Thai F.
• Botanicus
• JDH
• WFO
• de Candolle
• FOC
• G. Don
• FS
• FOMP
• GBS
• Fedde
• Kew