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Natsiatum herpeticum

Botanic Family

Icacinaceae

Author

Buchanan-Hamilton ex Arnott

Common Names

• Khasre Lahara (Chepang)
• Kali Lahara (Nepali)
• Bao he teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• W. Yunnan - China
• India
• NE. Laos
• S. Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• NE. Thailand
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest

Flowering Times

• Nov (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Aug (China)

Climbing pubescent shrub or liana with hairy stems, mucronate leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath with white pubescence on both surfaces when young. Extra-axillary villous racemes 35mm long of 10mm greenish-yellow flowers with 5 3mm villous petals, 5 villous sepals. Fruit a yellow-green drupe ripening black to 15mm long x 10mm.

Further References

• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• J.S. Gamble
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• IFV