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Uncaria attenuata

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Korthals

Common Names

• Khua Si Liem (Laos
• Thai)
• Cay Cau Dang (Vietnam)
• Akar Kait-kait Merah (Singapore)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Andaman Islands - India
• Java
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Penang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Motane streamside
• forest
• lowland forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Spiny scandent slender woody liane or creeper with barbed hooks, coriaceous leaves glabrous above yellowish-brown strigosely pubescent beneath to 125mm x 75mm, inflorescence to 40mm across, axillary white flowers, red tomentose calyx to 5mm long with inflated tube, corolla to 10mm long, 2-valved capsule to 22mm long, climbing with short hook-shaped branches

Further References

• Elmer
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• USNH
• JFM
• FOMP
• Kew
• GBS