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Tetrastigma pachyphyllum

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Hemsley) Chun

Common Names

• Hou ye ya pa teng (Pinyin)
• Dây quay bi (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Hainan - China
• Papua - Indonesia
• Laos
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest
• shrubland
• bamboo forests

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jul (China) Mar (Vietnam) Apr
• Dec(Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• May-Oct (China) Aug-Nov (Vietnam) May
• Aug (Thailand)

Woody tendril liana with flat stems, simple tendrils, ridged glabrescent branchlets with verrucose lenticels. Divided 3-6 foliolate leaves. Axillary puberulent dichasium to 100mm, puberulent calyx & petals, white petals 25mm long, infructescence 80mm x 80mm. Fruit a berry to 20mm diameter.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• GBS
• IFV