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Ventilago madraspatana

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

Gaertner

Common Names

• Yin du yi he guo (Pinyin)
• Rakta Pita (India)
• Ta-yaw-nyo (Myanmar)
• Thwedet (Myanmar)
• Waso-nwe (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• S. Yunnan - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• montane forests

Flowering Times

• Dec-Jan (India)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Apr (China)

Large woody scandent tender twining shrub with terminal or axillary pubescent racemes or panicles to 150mm of greenish strongly offensive-smelling flowers, densely pubescent yellowish fruit a winged drupe to 60mm long x 8mm, 50 mm wide wing, large woody climber, serrulated leaves, dioecious

Further References

• FOC
• FI
• J.S. Gamble
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• FS
• NYBG
• USNH
• Botanicus