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Hypserpa nitida
Hypserpa nitida
- Botanic Family
- Menispermaceae
- Author
- Miers ex Bentham
Common Names
- Ye hua teng (Pinyin)
- Akar Minyak (Singapore)
- Gray gian
Geographical Habitats
- Bangladesh
- Borneo
- Cambodia
- S. Fujian
- C. & S. Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Hainan
- Hongkong
- S. Yunnan - China
- Andaman Islands
- Assam - India
- Sulawesi
- S. Sumatra - Indonesia
- Laos
- Kedah
- Penang - Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Forest
- forest edge
- coastal
- hedges
- thickets
- lowland forest margins
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Woody glabrescent liana or scandent shrub with mucronate glabrous leaves to 120mm x 70mm, Few-flowered axillary villous cymes or panicles to 120mm of 1-5 1.2mm long male & female yellowish flowers with 7-11 minute outer sepals, 4-5 inner sepals to 2.5mm x 1.75mm, 6 glabrous 1mm petals, fruit yellow drupe maturing red to 8mm diameter. Slender vine with small green flowers
Medicinal uses
Further References
- FOC
- NYBG
- Flora Malesiana
- FOSi
- The Plant List 2
- F Indochine
- GBS
- FS