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Gouania leptostachya

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

• Ju qian (Pinyin)
• Pi-khum (Myanmar)
• Tayaw-nyo-nwe (Myanmar)
• Koi kien (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• W. Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• forest
• montane areas
• thickets
• lowland forest margin

Flowering Times

• Aug-Sep (China)
• Jul-Aug (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Dec (China)
• Sep-Dec (Vietnam)

High climbing slender woody climber or creeping shrub with glabrous stems. Scalloped glabrous dentate leaves. Axillary cymose racemes or terminal cymose panicles to 300mm of white or greenish-yellow flowers, male flowers with 5 sepals 1mm x 0.8mm, 5 white petals 1mm long. 3-winged brown fruit or wingless capsule to 10mm x 12mm stipules lanceolate,

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• J.S. Gamble
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• GBS