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Tournefortia tetrandra

Botanic Family

Boraginaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Ojot Sisier (Java & Sumatra)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selasngor -Malaysia
• New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka

Natural Habitats

• Montane shrubland & forest
• damp shady places
• lowland to montane forest

Flowering Times

• Dec

Fruiting Times

Liana, creeper or rambling shrub with scabrous stems, hairy on young parts, fleshy leaves to 100mm x 50mm, glabrous above, roughish beneath. Terminal and/or lateral cymes, calyx 2.5mm long densely strigose inside, with 4 lobes to 0.8mm wide, corolla greenish to yellow to 10mm x 1.2mm with 4 lobes, fleshy fruit with 2 beaks, 4mm x 4mm

Further References

• G. Don
• Botanicus
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS