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Uncaria callophylla

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Blume ex Korthals

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Queensland - Australia
• Borneo
• Maluku
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• woodland
• mangrove swamp
• on floating islands in lake
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Sep (New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

Slender liana or scrambling shrub with 4-angled branches, puberulent stems, glabrous thin coriaceous leaves to 125mm x 60mm, climbing by twining hooks, solitary greenish-white flowers, pubescent calyx to 5mm long, corolla 12mm long silky outside, 5 sepals 1mm long, tube to 3mm long, 5 petals to 1.5mm long villous outside, corolla tube 9mm long villous outside, capsule 12mm long with persistent sepals

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FS
• GlobinMed
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• Kew
• GBS