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Rhynchosia rufescens

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Willdenow) de Candolle

Common Names

• Dan hong lu huo (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Valleys
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Apr-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Feb (China)

Erect, climbing or creeping shrub with zigzag grey-pubescent stems, axillary villous 40mm racemes of 10mm purple to yellow flowers, villous calyx with 5 lobes, downy pod 12mm long x 9mm, trifoliolate leaves, villous or pubescent above, leaflets with rust tomentum beneath

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• USNH, Botanicus
• F Indochine
• ILDIS