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Urceola micrantha
Urceola micrantha
- Botanic Family
- Apocynaceae
- Author
- (Wallich ex G. Don) D.J. Middleton
Common Names
- Du zhong teng (Pinyin)
- Kwe-tang-tu (Myanmar)
- Nwe-do (Myanmar)
- Sitkauk (Myanmar)
- Mak sang khua dam (Laos)
- Mac sang kohn (Laos)
- Mô qui (Laos)
- Giây car chou (Vietnam)
- Grây cau chou (Vietnam)
- Cây diu (Vietnam)
- Diu da (Vietnam)
- Day donc (Vietnam)
- Cây gian diu trang (Vietnam)
- Yang lam mop (Vietnam)
- Yang lam mouk (Vietnam)
- Chua thou lien (Vietnam)
Geographical Habitats
- Bangladesh
- Cambodia
- Fujian
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Hainan
- Sichuan
- Taiwan
- Xizang
- Yunnan - China
- Cambodia
- Assam - India
- Indonesia
- Ryukyu Islands - Japan
- Laos
- Pahang
- Perak
- Selangor - Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Tropical rain forest
- woodland
- forests
- shrubland
- lowland & hill forest
Flowering Times
- Mar-Jun (China)
- Aug-Nov (China)
- Feb-Dec (Laos)
- Feb-May (Vietnam)
- Feb (Cambodia)
Fruiting Times
Giant glabrous twining liana or shrub with lenticellate stems. Glabrous coriaceous leaves 175mm x 50mm. Puberulous axillary cymes 140mm x 120mm & terminal panicles with small bracts & bracteoles of downy scented coral pink or white flowers, 5 sepals 0.5mm long, 5 petals to 0.65mm long, tube to 2mm villous outside, pubescent corolla lobes to 2mm. Paired coriaceous verrucose follicles to 230mm long x 20mm.
Further References
- FOC
- The Plant List 2
- de Candolle
- G. Don
- USNH
- Botanicus
- F Indochine
- FOMP
- GBS
- Kew