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Smythea lanceata

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

(Tulasne) Summerhayes

Common Names

• Vere (Fiji)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Brunei
• Caroline Islands
• Fiji
• Andaman Islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Thailand
• Vanuatu

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• mangroves
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Apr-Dec

Fruiting Times

Liana with leaves to 90mm long, axillary clusters of greenish-yellow flowers to 5mm diameter, 45mm long fruit capsule. Scandent shrub with hairy branchlets, axillary fascicles of yellowish-green flowers 3mm diameter, up to 12 flowers per fascicle

Further References

• Mangrove
• GBS
• JPS
• FV
• FS
• NYBG