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Rhynchosia viscosa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Roth) de Candolle

Common Names

• Nian lu huo (Pinyin)
• Liane Lastic
• Liane Lastique
• Mandalodiaraikitra (Madagascar)

Geographical Habitats

• Yunnan - China
• India
• Indonesia
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Uganda

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Feb
• May

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Grey-pubescent woody twining herb with sticky glandular hairs, grey pubescent stems, axillary 220mm racemes with deciduous bracts, of flowers yellow with red-stripes & yellow-green keel, grey-pubescent calyx to 12mm long, corolla slightly longer, pilose standard pubescent on back, setose pod to 32mm x 12mm long green with cream pubescence, trifoliate leaves, central leaflet to 20mm long pubescent beneath, leaflets scabrous both surfaces

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• Botanicus
• FOTA