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Rhynchosia volubilis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Loureiro

Common Names

• Lu huo (Pinyin)
• Tankiri-mame (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Hainan
• Taiwan - China
• India
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• S. Korea
• Philippines
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)
• Jul-Sep (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Dec (China)

Herbaceous villous twiner with hairy stems, trifoliolate mucronate leaves villous above & beneath, reticulated leaflets clothed with velvety down, terminal leaflet to 50mm x 40mm. Axillary 40mm long villous racemes with mucronate brownish bracts to 6mm long, 10mm yellow flowers, villous calyx 6mm long, petals to 9mm long, standard 7mm x 5mm, velvety flat pod reddish-purple to 15mm long x 8mm

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• JAA
• FOJ
• ILDIS