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Dinetus grandiflorus

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Wallich) Staples

Common Names

• Shan lie fei e teng ((Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• S. Xizang - China
• Sikkim - India
• Nepal

Natural Habitats

• Moist thickets
• cloud forest
• waterside.

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Herbaceous extensive perennial twiner with dull yellow to gold indumentum, racemes or panicles of fragrant 65mm mauve or rose-purple flowers with a white centre, glabrous fruit greenish-brown with darker lines to 16mm long x 13mm, downy or nearly glabrous leaves scabrous above, glabrous beneath

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don