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Tetracera indica

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

(Christmann & Panzer) Merrill

Common Names

• Thao Ora Khon (Thailand)
• Aplas kědjong (Djambi)
• Akar pulas duyio
• Ampalas
• Ampalas lichin (Malaysia)
• Bo (Java)
• Akar Mempelas or Mempelas or Mempelas Minyak (Malay)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johor
• Panang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest
• lowland forest margins
• riverside
• swamp forest. Used for cordage

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

Large woody liana or scrambling or erect shrub with villous young stems. Glabrous toothed mucronate leaves pubescent beneath to 100mm x 50mm. Terminal or axillary panicles of racemes to 80mm x 60mm of white or pinkish flowers with pink-tipped anthers to 3mm diameter 4-5 glabrous pink sepals to 10mm x 9mm, 3-5 white petals. Green flushed red glabrous or slightly villous capsule to 10mm diameter with a beak to 6mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Thai F.
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Botanicus
• FS
• FI
• Wiart 2