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Marsdenia tenacissima

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Moon

Common Names

• Tong guang teng (Pinyin)
• Mak ham ling (Laos)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Yunnan - China
• Cambodia
• India
• Java - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Cliffs.

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Robust tomentose woody stem-twining liana or shrub. Tomentose leaves 200mm x 145mm. Dense tomentose axillary cymes or umbels to 160mm x 18mm of 10mm yellow-green or yellow-brown flowers, tube 3.5mm, lobes 4mm, calyx with pubescent lobes, corolla tube pubescent within. Downy follicles to 150mm long.

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Kew