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Psychotria serpens

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Man jiu jie (Pinyin)
• Cây tio moc (Vietnam)
• Giay de (Vietnam)
• Tai chuot (Vietnam)
• Shiratama-kazura (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Taiwan
• Zhejiang - China
• Fiji
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Is.
• Shikoku - Japan
• N. Korea
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forests
• hill & montane areas

Flowering Times

• Aor-Jun (China) All year (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• All year (China & Vietnam)

Woody aerial root climbing or creeping liana or glabrous shrub or tree with coriaceous leaves to 100mm x 45mm. Terminal cymes or corymbs to 90mm long of white flowers to 5mm long, corolla farinose outside, 5 sepals, calyx tube to 1mm long, 5 petals, corolla tube 3mm long villous in throat, lobes 3mm long, white 8-ribbed berries or drupes 7mm x 6mm, surmounted by remains of calyx

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FV
• FOJ
• Kew