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Pterisanthes cissioides

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Akar Engkaranak (Sarawak)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Java - Indonesia
• Pahang
• Perak
• Sarawak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• lowland forest
• forest edge
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan-Feb (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

Climbing shrub with simple tendrils to 150mm long. 3-5 digitate leaves to 190mm x 80mm, toothed leaflets. Brownish-green involucrated fascicles to 130mm x 70mm of maroon flowers . Reddish fruit a berry to 7.5mm diameter

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• P. Chai
• GBS
• Phtotaxa