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Periploca calophylla

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Wight) Falconer

Common Names

• Qing she teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Gansu
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Himachal Pradesh
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Manipur
• Meghalaya
• Punjab
• Sikkim
• Uttar Pradesh - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• thickets
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Apr-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Sep (China)
• Mar-Oct (India)

Scandent glabrous twining shrub, mucronate leaves 6mm wide with undulated edges. Axillary cymes of 8mm diameter green or purple flowers, or yellow or pinkish flowers, 5-lobed calyx, 5-lobed corolla to 5mm wide. Follicles to 200mm long x 5mm

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Kew
• JNBR