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Melodinus orientalis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Bulacan (Visayan)
• Getah Ujol (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Queensland - Australia
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak - Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Riverside forest
• montane forest
• forest
• woodland
• jungle
• hill forest
• lowland forest.

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Feb-Mar (Philippines)

Tall woody climber with terminal & axillary racemes or cymes to 25mm long, calyx to 1.5mm with lobes to 1mm, puberulous 2-5 lobed pale yellow corolla to 3mm long. Infructescence of woody yellow or orange berries 85mm x 60mm, glabrous coriaceous leaves to 150mm x 55mm

Further References

• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Elmer
• FS
• Botanicus
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• Gleason & Moldenke