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Illigera celebica

Botanic Family

Hernandiaceae

Author

Miquel

Common Names

• Kuan yao qing teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Yunnan - China
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Sabah - Malaysia
• New Guinea
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• disturbed and secondary forest
• riverside
• thickets
• shrubland
• montane areas. Medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• Apr-Dec (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Nov (China)

Tall petiole-climbing glabrous liana with trifoliolate palmate leaves, glabrous leaflets to 170mm x 85mm. Axillary panicles to 200mm long of greenish-white, pinkish or violet 7mm flowers with bracteoles 1.5mm x 0.5mm, calyx villous outside, 5 sepals 5mmx 2.5mm villous outside, 5 villous petals 4mm x 1.5mm, 4-winged fruit to 50mm diameter, large wings 30mm x 45mm, shorter ones to 14mm long

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana