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Rubia argyi

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Léveillé & Vaniot) Hara ex L.A. Lauener & D.K. Ferguson

Common Names

• Dong nan qian cao (Pinyin)
• Akane (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Zhejiang - China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• thickets
• fencelines
• hedges

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Perennial herbaceous liana with yellowish rhizomes, 4-angled stems, leaves to 70mm x 30mm. Terminal & axillary cymes of white or pale yellow flowers to 4mm across, corolla with 4-5 lobes, tube to 0.7mm long, lobes to 1.4mm long, black berry 9mm wide

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ
• Kew