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Trophis scandens

Botanic Family

Moraceae

Author

(Loureiro) Hooker & Arnott

Common Names

• Burney Vine
• Niu jin teng (Pinyin)
• Bury Vine
• Aumica (Fiji)
• Hiehieapo (Tonga)
• Doi-a (Papua)
• Slimpagot (Tagbanua)

Geographical Habitats

• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• Western Aistralia - Australia
• Borneo
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Taiwan
• SE. Yunnan - China
• Fiji
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Teregganu - Malaysia
• Marianas
• Myanmar
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Samoa
• Thailand
• Tonga
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Rainforest
• scrubland
• lowlands
• woodland
• forest
• coastal woodland

Flowering Times

• Feb (Philippines)

Fruiting Times

• Mar (New Caledonia)

Large rambling climbing spiny shrub with glabrous stems. Coriaceous glabrous leaves. Male axillary spikes to 50mm long of creamy white flowers with a slight reddish or purple tinge. Red fruit to to 8mm diameterwith persistent red calyx.

Further References

• FOC
• Polynesien
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• GBS
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Elmer
• IFV