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Maesa indica

Botanic Family

Primulaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) A. de Candolle

Common Names

• Bao chuang ye (Pinyin)
• Dok tôn (Laos)
• Kok tap (Laos)
• Dong rang cua (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• S. Yunnan - China
• Laos
• Myanmar
• India
• Java - Indonesia
• Madagascar
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Nepal
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamsides
• montane forest.

Flowering Times

• Apr-May (China) Feb (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Nov (China) Oct (Vietnam)

Scandent glabrescent shrub to 3m or tree with angular lenticellate stems. Coarsely serrated leaves 210mm x 110mm. Axillary or subterminal racemes or panicles to 75mm long with bracts 1mm & bracteoles, white to light yellow-green 2mm flowers, 5 sepals to 0.75mm long, calyx tube to 0.75mm long, 5 petals to 0,75mm long with denticulate margins, corolla tube to 0.6mm with denticulate lobes. Ribbed white edible berry to 3.5mm x 3mm diameter surmounted by persistent calyx.

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919?
• FOC
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• JFM
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP