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Uncaria cordata

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Loureiro) Merrill

Common Names

• Akar Sulumbah (Singapore)
• Kadok-kadet (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Andaman Islands
• Johore
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sumatra
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Laos
• Pahang
• Penanag
• Perak
• Malacca
• Sabah
• Selangore - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• woodland edges
• thickets
• rain forest
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Sep
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Large scrambling liana with 4-angled pubescent stems, axillary solitary or terminal panicles to 100mm across of brownish-yellow flowers 20mm long covered with white silky hairs outside, 5 villous sepals to 2mm long, silvery-velvety 5 petals 3mm long, calyx to 5mm, corolla to 32mm long silvery-velvet outside, curved hooks from converted flower stalks, pubescent capsule 25mm x 5mm surmounted by calyx tube, coriaceous leaves glabrous above, rusty-tomentose beneath or pilose on both surfaces to 150mm x 70mm, fruit covered in brown villi, coriaceous leaves glabrous above pubescent beneath to 150mm x 125mm

Further References

• HKU
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• Kew
• JAA
• GBS