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Gynochthodes umbellata

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Razafimandimbison & B. Bremer

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guizhou
• Taiwan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Kerala - India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Laos
• Madagascar
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Marianas
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Samoa
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane forests
• coastal
• shrubland
• open sandy places
• lowland forest.

Flowering Times

• Jul-Oct (Aust)
• May-Jul (China) All year (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (China)
• All year (Vietnam)
• Jul-Aug (Japan)

Woody scandent stem-twining liana, tree or erect shrub with glabrous thin coriaceous leaves 125mm x 45mm variously shaped glabrous or pubescent beneath, scabrous above. Terminal or rarely axillary umbels with 5-12 heads of 6mm across of fragrant 10mm white or reddish flowers, 4-lobed corolla with hairy mouth, calyx tube to 25mm long with villous throat, 4 petals, corolla tube to 4mm long villous outside with 4 lobes to 10mm across. Bumpy hairy yellow to orange-red to black drupe to 20mm across

Further References

• Botanicus
• Kew
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Jones & Gray 1977
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• FOJ
• GBS
• Wiart 2