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Omphalea sargentii

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Merrill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• secondary forest
• riversides

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Glabrous liana with tendril-like shoots & hook-like striate branches. Leaves to 200mm x 90mm. Paniculate inflorescences to 700mm long, male flowers to 2mm long, female to 2.5mm long\. Infrustescence to 400mm long with glabrous dark brown fruit 54mm by 60mm

Further References

• net
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Merrill