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Oxyceros longiflorus

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Lamarck) T. Yamazaki

Common Names

• Gujer-kota (India)
• Trach kol (Cambodia)
• Cây hac ho (Vietnam)
• Akar Bedara Laut (Malaysia)
• Akar Duri (Malaysia)
• Akar Kukulang (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Johore
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Andaman islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal areas
• mangroves
• jungle
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Nov (Cambodia)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (Cambodia)

Strong very thorny scrambling shrub or small tree with paired recurved thorns to 8mm long, terminal & lateral cymes or corymbs of fragrant white flowers aging yellow, glabrous toothed calyx to 5mm long, petals to 9mm long, white corolla to 40mm long, tube to 25mm long with white lobes to 12mm long, glabrous fruit ripening yellow 8mm long, glabrous coriaceous leaves to 95mmmm x 45mm

Further References

• Botanicus, FS
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew