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Oxyceros horridus

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Loureiro

Common Names

• Dok khao (Laos)
• Cây ac ho (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• India
• Laos
• Kedah - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Lowland

Flowering Times

• Feb- Aug (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Dec (Vietnam)

Liana, tree or shrub with recurved thorns to 10mm long, glabrous leaves 130mm x 50mm slightly coriaceous, almost terminal racemes or cymes to 40mm long of white scented flowers, 5 mucronate sepals 1.5mm, calyx tube 3mm long, 5 petals 9mm long, corolla tube 4mm x 1.5mm glabrous outside & villous in throat, black berry 10mm x 10mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• GBS
• Kew