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Tristellateia australasiae

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

A. Richard

Common Names

• San xing guo (Pinyin)
• Shower-of-gold Vine
• Bagnít
• Bagu (Brunei)
• Bejau (Brunei)
• Bahau (Philippines)
• Angasin (Philippines)
• Bagnit (Philippines)
• Bagit (Philippines)
• Binusisi (Philippines)
• Puang Tawang (Indonesia)
• Cempaga (Indonesia)
• Galphimia Vine
• Mya-kwanyo (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Caroline Islands
• Taiwan - China
• Indonesia
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Johore
• Pahang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• New Caledonia
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• S. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Mangrove swamps
• coastal forest
• riversides
• shrubland
• rain forest
• tidal swamps
• tidal rivers

Flowering Times

• Aug (China)
• Jan (New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (China)
• Jan (New Guinea)

Slender woody evergreen twining liana or creeper to 10m with a warty glabrous purple stem, glabrous leaves to 120mm x 70mm. Terminal or axillary 300mm racemes of 30mm diameter with bracts to 2mm and minute bracteoles, yellow 5-petalled, clawed flowers with dark red glands in racemes, petals to 15mm long, sepals 2mm x 1mm, 3 part samara to 20mm diameter

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• Llamas 2003
• Mangrove
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• USNH
• F Indochine
• FNWNG
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS