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Urceola napeensis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Quintaret) D.J. Middleton

Common Names

• Hua nan shui hu teng (Pinyin)
• Rây rut (Vietnam)
• Day rul (Vietnam)
• Gia rut (Vietnam)
• Gia ret (Vietnam)
• Day diou diou thang (Vietnam)
• Cây dau chim (Vietnam)
• Boi ca (Vietnam)
• Ka tang kation (Vietnam)
• Khua chiem neua (Vietnam)
• Chang ta ho (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan - China
• Laos
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Oct-May (China
• Vietnam))

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Aug (China
• Vietnam))

Large liana to 50m with coriaceous leaves 90mm long. Axillary cymes to 70mm x 90mm with small bracteoles, of pink or white flowers, 5 sepals to 0.5mm pubescent outside, 5 petals to 1.5mm with tube 1mm long villous outside. Paired follicles to 70mm long x 7mm.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew
• IFV