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Myriopteron extensum

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Wight & Arnott) K. Schumann

Common Names

• Chi guo teng (Pinyin)
• Gwedauk-nwe (Myanmar)
• Singrumanum (Myanmar)
• Sumru-manam (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Java - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• woodland
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)
• Aug-Sep (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Dec (China)

Glabrous liana or herbaceous twining shrub. Leaves hairy above, pubescent beneath to 150mm x 110mm. Conical cymes or panicles to 260mm long with bracts to 2mm, 10mm yellow flowers or 3mm diameter, corolla 5mm long. 75mm x 35mm follicles with up to 20 wings to 6mm wide.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Kew