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Urceola laevigata

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Jussieu) D.J. Middleton & Livshultz

Common Names

• Chang jie zhu (Pinyin)
• Khua Tang Ka Tiu (Laos)
• Singapore Lobb (Singapore)
• Nwe-chin (Myanmar)
• Talaing-zok (Myanmar)
• Tjunkankan (Java)
• Woohl ang kot (Cambodia)
• Vor ang kot (Cambodia)
• War chuch (Cambodia)
• Do tam (Vietnam)
• Kua mac (Vietnam)
• Kaongé (Vietnam)
• Klua mac khongé (Vietnam)
• Khua kan ken (Laos)
• Thang tien (Laos)
• Ko khan dene (Laos)
• Akar Singarip Putih (Malaysia)
• Akar Serau (Malaysia)
• Akar Serapat Puteh (Malay)
• Gembor (Javanese)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• S. Guangxi
• S. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malacca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane forests
• shrubland
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (China)
• May-Jun (Java)
• Aug-Apr (Laos)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Dec (China)
• Jan-Apr (Laos)

Tall glabrous evergreen twining liana. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 125mm x 50mm, tomentose beneath. 160mm glabrous axillary & terminal corymbs, panicles or cymes with bracts & bracteoles, of reddish to white scented bell-shaped flowers to 4mm long x 7mm, pale green calyx,puberulous calyx lobes to 1mm long, creamy corolla, corolla throat bearded to 2mm long, 5 sepals 0.5mm long puberulent outside, 5 petals to 4mm long, corolla tube to 2mm long. Glabrous torulose paired follicle to 450mm long.

Further References

• FOC
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FS
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• Wiart 2