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Stixis suaveolens

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Pierre

Common Names

• Maudobe-Lata (Silhet)
• Ban guo teng (Pinyin)
• Ngan-nwe (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• W Guangxi
• Hainan
• S Xizang
• S & Se Yunnan-China
• Bhutan
• Nepal
• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• NE India
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• N & NE Thailand
• Laos
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest
• riverside
• coastal
• montane.

Flowering Times

• Mar Apr-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep Aug-Oct (China)

Large woody liana with axillary racemes to 250mm of pale yellow fragrant flowers, sepals villous both sides in terminal or axillary racemes, drupe orange 50mm x 40mm, glabrous stems & leaves

Edible fruit, medicinal uses

Further References

• net
• Botanicus
• FOC
• The Plant List
• USNH
• F Indochine