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Decalepis khasiana

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Kurz) Ionta ex Kambale

Conservation Status

Endangered

Common Names

• Xu yao teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• scrub jungle
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Dec (China)

Glabrous twining shrub or liana with extra axillary cymes of 6mm wide yellow-green flowers, 90mm x 20mm glabrous follicles

Medicinal uses, roots yield aromatic oil

Further References

• IJE
• FOC
• Mobot
• Kew
• WFO