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Gongronema na(e)palense

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Wallich) Decaisne

Common Names

• Duo bao qian guan teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest & bushland.

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

Woody extensive twining glabrous liana with pubescent stems. Glabrous leaves minutely reticulated, pubescent on main nerve beneath to 110mm long, linear oblong at base, rounded or cordate. Cymes or umbels to 160mm of 4mm yellowish flowers, calyx with pubescent sepals, flowers with inflated corolla tube, . Glabrous follicles to 80mm long x 8mm.

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Kew