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Strychnos angustiflora

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Bentham

Common Names

• Niu yan ma qian (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• S. Yunnan - China
• Laos
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland & scrub
• montane areas
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Dec (China)
• Apr (Malesia)

Large glabrous thorny simple tendril liane with glabrescent branchlets, or erect shrub. Coriaceous glabrous leaves to 120mm x 70mm. Terminal thryses to 40mm of 5mm white flowers, calyx puberulous outside, glabrous inside, sepals to 1.5mm long, 10mm long corolla woolly inside. Orange berries to 40mm diameter.

Further References

• FOC
• F Indochine
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana