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Gynochthodes villosa

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Hooker f.) Razafimandimbison & B. Bremer

Common Names

• Indian Mulberry
• Yin du yang jiao teng (Pinyin)
• Doc vo (Vietnam)
• Day dat (Vietnam)
• Khua mak mah pa (Laos)
• Man Khua Pa (Laos)
• Hanagasa-no-ki (Japan)
• Button Fruit Climber
• Seven Wells
• Common Indian Mulberry
• Ji Yan Tug or Yang Jiao Teug (Chinese)
• Mengkudu Kecil or Mengkudu Akar (Malay)
• Daruharira (Sanskrit)
• Noonakai (Tamil)
• Yo Yaan (Thai)
• Nháu Tán or Day Dat (Vietnamese)

Geographical Habitats

• S. Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• waterside
• roadside
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• May (China
• Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (China) Aug (Vietnam)

Ferrugineous-villous woody liane or tree with hirsute stems, leaves 110mm x 45mm pubescent above, villous beneath, terminal umbels of greenish-white flowers 50mm long, 4-5 sepals 1mm long, 4-5 petals to 3mm long, corolla tube to 4mm long villous in throat, fruit a drupe 15m across & slightly villous

Medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• Kew
• F Indochine