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Ventilago denticulata

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

Willdenow

Common Names

• Mao guo yi he guo (Pinyin)
• Tayaw-nyo (Myanmar)
• Dok kua
• Kau kep

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• W. Guangxi
• SW. Guizhou
• S. Yunnan - China
• India
• Java - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Oct-Dec (China)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Apr (China)
• Feb (Vietnam)

Scandent shrub or large liana with terminal or axillary cymose panicle, fascicles or paniculate spikes to 300mm, 5 sepals 1.5mm long, 5 petals 1mm long, fruit a winged yellow-green drupe to 6mm long with 50mm wing x 9mm, wing pubescent. Leaves dentate, coriaceous oblong or ovate, flowers with offensive odour, pubescent or puberulent leaves, inflorescence & fruit. Climbing shrub with glabrous leaves. Racemes of flowers. Fruit with pubescent racemes to 70mm long.

Further References

• FOC
• J.S. Gamble
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• USNH
• F Indochine
• IFV