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Uncaria laevigata

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Wallich ex G. Don

Common Names

• Ping wa gou teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• S Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forests

Flowering Times

• May-Nov (China)

Fruiting Times

• May-Nov (China) Mar (Laos)

Liana or creeper with glabrous quadrangular stems, glabrous coriaceous leaves 110mm x 40mm, terminal or axillary cymes of flowers, tube to 10mm, 5 sepals 0.75mm long, villous calyx tube to 1.5mm, pubescent capsule to 11mm long, peduncles become hooked spines or panicles

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Kew