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Symphorema involucratum

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Common Names

• Liu bao teng (Pinyin)
• Daung-talaung (Myanmar)
• Nwe-sat (Myanmar)
• Thamaga-nwe (Myanmar)
• Gubba Dára
• Konda Tekkali
• Surúdú

Geographical Habitats

• S. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Andhra Pradesh
• Bihar
• Jharkhand
• Karnataka
• Kerala
• Madhya Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Nagaland
• Odisha
• Tamil Nadu - India
• Maluku - Indonesia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• monsoon forest
• streamside
• jungle

Flowering Times

• Feb-May (India)

Fruiting Times

• May-Jun (India)

Large climbing or creeping shrub, hairy when young with corky furrowed bark. Toothed or serrate tomentose or glabrous leaves 100mm x 60mm. Cymes or panicles with 6 bracts to 6mm bexoming 32mm x 15mm in fruit, of 15mm white flowers, 3-8 lobed calyx to 5mm long with lobes to 1mm long, white glabrous 6-8 lobed corolla to 8mm long with villous ring in throat & 6-16 lobes to 3mm long, corolla tube to 5mm long. Nearly glabrous capsule to 6mm+ long x 6mm diameter with accrescent calyx.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• GBS
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew