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Pterisanthes polita

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Miquel) Lawson

Common Names

• Simple-leaved Ribbon Vine
• Akar Janggut (Malay)
• Baung (Malay)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Sumatra
• Brunei
• Johore
• Pahang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Old secondary forest
• lowland forest
• lakeside
• woodland
• swamp forest
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• All year (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Thailand)

Slender nearly glabrous liana or herbaceous climber to 1.5m with sinuate-dentate coriaceous glabrous leaves to 200mm x 110mm, simple or bifid tendrils. Axillary ribbonlike inflorescence to 280mm x 30mm of red flowers, fleshy red receptacle to 200mm x 18mm, petals 1mm long, calyx 1.7mm diameter. Small black berry

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• HKU
• USNH
• GBS
• NPSG
• Merrill
• FS
• Phytotaxa