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Uncaria gambir

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Hunter) Roxburgh

Common Names

• Gambir
• Geta Gambir
• Katé Krambu (Scented Cutch)
• Akar Sedi (Sarawak)
• Yun nan gou teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Yunnan - China
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Malacca
• Perak
• Sarawak - Malaysia

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Spring or Summer (China)

Fruiting Times

Slender woody liana, climbing shrub or tree with mainly glabrous leaves to 145mm x 55mm, axillary solitary inflorescence or green & pink flowers to 45mm across, silky calyx 8mm long, red corolla villous outside to 12mm long, hairy inside with white lobes, peduncles converted to hooked spines, brown hairy capsule longitudinally grooved 25mm long , climber when young becoming tree

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOMP
• Kew
• P. Chai
• GBS
• FOC