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Stemona curtisii

Botanic Family

Stemonaceae

Author

Hooker f.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Nicobar Islands - India
• Malaysia
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• riverside
• thickets
• scrubland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Glabrous bulbous twiner to 3m with tuberous roots, leaves to 210mm x 100mm. Inflorescence with bracts to 10mm long, pink, brown pink or dark brownish-red tepals to 22mm long, shortly beaked fruit to 30mm x 15mm

Roots used in insecticide

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• Kew