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Uncaria sessilifructus

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Common Names

• Bai gou teng (Pinyin)
• Kyettet-nwe (Myanmar)
• Unku-ju-ru (Myanmar)
• Ré dang (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Guangxi
• Yunnan -China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• N Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Dec Mar-Dec (China) Jan-Feb (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Mar-Dec (China)

Large woody liana with stems puberulent when young, terminal & axillary cymes or racemose panicles to 400mm long of green or yellowish-white flowers, 5 villous petals 1mm long, corolla with glabrous tube to 10mm long, lobes to 2mm long, 5 hairy sepals to 1mm long with tube to 1.5mm, slightly pubescent yellow-brown fruit wih whitish hairs to 14mm long x 2.5mm with persistent sepals, glabrous coriaceous leaves 120mm x 70mm, strong spiral axillary hooks

Further References

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