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Strychnos villosa

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

A.W. Hill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Borneo
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Is.
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Perak - Malaysia
• Singapore

Natural Habitats

• Rainforest
• coastal
• lowland forest
• swamp forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Jun-Jul (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Nov (Malesia)

Large liana with glabrescent twigs, climbing by hooks, glabrous leaves except on nerves beneath, to 170mm x 80mm. Terminal and axillary tomentose inflorescence to 300mm long, calyx to 1mm, sepals pubescent, hirsute corolla to 4mm, fruit to 22.5mm

Further References

• Flora Malesiana
• GBS