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Embelia laeta

Botanic Family

Primulaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Mez

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Jiangxi
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• shrublands
• grassland.

Flowering Times

• Dec-Mar (China) Dec (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Jun (China) Apr (Vietnam)

Scandent or erect shrub with purplish lenticellate branches, glabrous or tomentose. Glabrous leaves to 90mm x 30mm. Lateral or axillary corymbs or fascicles with 1.3mm bracts, 3-15 white or yellowish flowers, male to 3mm, female to 2mm, 4 sepals 0.4mm long, calyx tube 0.3mm long, 4 petals 1.5mm long, branchlets straight, fruits to 8mm diameter.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Aust SB