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Sphenodesme pentandra var. wallichiana

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

(Schauer) Munir

Common Names

• Shan bai teng (Pinyin)
• Arkeng-ke-et
• Baking-rap-rikang
• Tukha-karaizig

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Hainan
• Hunan
• Yunnan - China
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Laos
• Pahang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane areas
• woodland
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Feb-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Feb-May (China)

Hairy climbing shrub with tetragonal lenticellate glabrescent branches. Mucronulate leaves to 180mm x 70mm, glabrous above & hairy on midrib beneath. Axillary & terminal panicles or cymes to 300mm long, of fragrant purple flowers with bracts 28mm x 10mm, short 5-lobed calyx glabrous without, 5-lonbed corolla, tube 5mm long. Setose fruit a yellow-hispid capsule to 4mm x 4mm.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• GBS
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew