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Pottsia grandiflora

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Markgraf

Common Names

• Da hua lian zi teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hunan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China

Natural Habitats

• Montane forests
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Apr-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Dec (China)

Glabrous tall liana with glabrous leaves 90mm x 45mm. Terminal cymes to 200mm wide with bracts to 15mm long, of 13mm red, purple or pink flowers, flabrous calyx tube 2.5mm diameter with lobes to 2.5mm long, corolla tube 6mm x 3mm diameter glabrous outside with lobes to 8mm long. Follicles to 420mm long x 6mm.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Kew