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Wightia speciosissima

Botanic Family

Paulowniaceae

Author

(D. Don) Merrill

Common Names

• Mei li tong (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• C to S Yunnan-China
• Bhutan
• India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sikkim
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

Pseudovine, twining shrub, tree or semiepiphyte with thyrses or axillary racemes of reddish or pink flowers to 35mm, fruit capsule to 40mm, downy leaves

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List
• G. Don
• Botanicus