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Telosma pallida

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Craib

Common Names

• Asare Phul (Nepali)
• Tai wan ye lai xiang (Pinyin)
• Gwedauk-thein (Myanmar)
• Swe-daw-nwe (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Taiwan - China
• Assam - India
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist open places
• woodland

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Dec (China)

Puberulent liana or twining subshrub with extra-axillary or lateral cymes or umbels of scarcely fragrant 25mm yellowish-white flowers, calyx pubescent outside with sepals to 5mm, pale yellow corolla 16mm long, tube 6mm long glabrous inside, glabrous lobes 7.5mm long, fruit a glabrous follicle to 150mm long x 25mm, downy branches, young shoots with small recurved hairs, glabrous or pubescent leaves 112.5mm x 75mm

Further References

• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• Mobot
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Kew