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Linostoma pauciflorum

Botanic Family

Thymelaeaceae

Author

Griffith

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• W. Borneo
• Brunei
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Kedah
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Perlis
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• S. Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Jungle
• primary and secondary forest
• scrubland wasteland
• swamp forest
• lowland forest margins
• coastal. Medicinal uses
• root used for fish poison

Flowering Times

• Mar
• apr
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Dec

Tall slender liana to 30m or rarely a shrub or small tree, mucronate glabrous leaves to 60mm x 35mm. Terminal or axillary umbels with pendulous white or yellowish-green flowers with mucronulate glabrous greenish-cream floral bracts to 35mmx 18mm, floral tube to 15mm long, petaloid appendages to 5mm long, fleshy petals to 7.5mm long, glabrous calyx tube to 25mm x 0.5mm, glabrous calyx lobes to 12mm x 3mm, drupe to 15mm x 7mm enclosed in calyx

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• USNH
• Flora Malesiana
• JAA
• GBS