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Ouret sanguinolenta

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Kuntze

Common Names

• Bai hua xian (Pinyin)
• Dok Dai
• Chi-ma (Laos)
• Ki sambang
• Sambang tjalak (Malesia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Is.
• Moluccas
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Sikkim
• Thailand
• Timor
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• hedgerows

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Perennial erect or climbing herb with hoary tomentose branches. Leaves mucronate and densely white hairy to 75mm x 45mm, sometimes tinged purple. Terminal or axillary spikes with bracts and bracteoles to 1.5mm long, white or purple flowers with pilose tepals to 2.5mm long, fruit a glabrous utricle 1mm diameter.

Further References

• net
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana