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Micrechites polyanthus

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Blume) Miquel

Common Names

• Xiao hua teng (Pinyin)
• Tjunkankan (Java)
• Chux tinh pi (Laos)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Borneo
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam - India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kedah
• Perak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• evergreen forest
• montane shrubland

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (China)
• Apr-May (Thailand)
• Nov (Java)
• May (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Dec (China)
• Sep (Laos)

Very tall glabrous perennial evergreen woody liana with terminal & axillary puberulous cymes or panicled fascicles 70mm x 25mm with small bracts, of 4mm white or pale yellow flowers, corolla tube to 5mm, lobes to 2mm, 5 sepals 1.5mm long with tube 0.5mm long, 5 petals 2.5mm long with 2mm long tube, & glabrous or ferrugineus-tomentose paired follicles to 400mm long x 5mm, glabrous leaves 160mm x 60mm, glabrous lenticellate stems

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• IFV