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Uncaria elliptica

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

R. Brown ex G. Don

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malacca
• Penang
• Perak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Lowland forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Tall slender climbing shrub or liana with quadrangular pubescent stems. Coriaceous leaves glabrescent above pubescent beneath except on nerves beneath when young to 120mm x 80mm. Axillary solitary flowers, lowest petiole converted into hooked spines, tomentose calyx to 5mm long, corolla downy outside, corolla tube to 10mm long, glabrous capsule to 20mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOMP
• Kew
• GBS
• F Indochine