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Sarcolobus globosus

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Wallich

Common Names

• Akar batu pelir kambing
• Kambing-kambing (Malaysia
• Indonesia)
• Akar banok
• Pitis-pitis
• Baolilata (Bangladesh)
• Peler Kambing (Malaysia
• Indonesia) Peler Kambing Sejuk (Indonesia)
• Dây Cám (Vietnam)
• Kayein (Myanmar)
• Kayu (Myanmar)
• Akar Batu Pelir Kambing (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Tidal creeks
• mangrove edges
• riversides

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Small twining glabrous shrub or liane with glabrous or hairy stems. Slightly coriaceous leaves reticulated with brown veins, puberulent above to 110mm x 45mm. Axillary cymes, corymbs or umbels with small bracts, of 8mm x 15mm light purple flowers with brown streaks or yellow with light purple longitudinal steaks to 10mm across, 5-lobed corolla villous inside. Muricated globose ventricose glabrous lenticellate follicles greyish-brown warty ridged on one side 100mm x 100mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Mangrove
• JDH
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• FS
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• Wiart 2