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Uncaria macrophylla

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Wallich

Common Names

• Da ye gou teng (Pinyin)
• Kho kho bet (Laos)
• Giay cau dang (Laos)
• Day danh queo (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Yunnan
• Guangxi
• Guangdong
• Hainan - China
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• N. Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Streamside in evergreen forests
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Sep
• Oct (China)
• Sep-Oct (Thailand) Summer May-Jun (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Jan (Thailand) May-Jun ( Vietnam)

Climbing shrub or large woody liana with axillary or terminal tomentose solitary inflorescences to 45mm diameter of fragrant tomentose yellowish-white or greenish flowers to 10mm, 5 pubescent sepals 3mm long, 5 petals 2mm long villous outside, corolla tube to 12mm long, fruit capsule 20mm long, perennial evergreen woody climber, coriaceous leaves glabrous above, ferrugineous villous beneath 150mm x 100mm

Further References

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