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Iodes vitiginea

Botanic Family

Icacinaceae

Author

(Hance) Hance

Common Names

• Xiao guo wei hua teng (Pinyin)
• Môc thong (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• SE. Yunnan - China
• N. Laos
• N. Thailand
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest & secondary scrubland

Flowering Times

• Dec-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• May-Aug (China)

Woody rust-coloured hairy tendril liana with angular stems. Leaves glabrescent above & tomentose beneath. Axillary panicles or tomentose racemes, staminate panicles to 200mm of 1.5mm yellow-green flower, pistillate inflorescence shorter but flowers larger, glabrous green petals. Yellow hairy fruit to 22mm long x 16mm

Further References

• FOC
• F Indochine
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde