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Tetracera arborescens

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

Jack

Common Names

• Andor ruhas igung (Sumatra)
• Akar Mempelas (Sarawak)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Brunei
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Singapore

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• riverside scrubland.

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Liana or small straggling shrub with villous young branches, leaves coriaceous to 100mm x 50mm. Terminal inflorescence of 15mm dia. flowers with 5-6 sepals and 3 white petals. Fruit capsule 7mm x 4mm with a 3mm long beak

Further References

• Kew
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• P. Chai
• GBS