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Willughbeia edulis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Common Names

• Edible Willughbeia
• Talaing-no (Myanmar)
• Thitkyauk-nwe (Myanmar)
• Vear kui (Cambodia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor
• Terengganu - Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• forest
• shrubland
• lowland forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Aug

Fruiting Times

Large stout glabrous liana to 30m, stems with small lenticels, hooked branches, coriaceous leaves to 175mm x 60mm, glabrous axillary & terminal cymes with bracts to 1mm long, of scented pale pink or yellow flowers to 10mm long, 5 sepals 1mm long, calyx tube 1mm long, 5 petals 3mm long, corolla tube 5mm long with lobes 9mm long, glabrous globose yellow or apricot berry 75mm x 30mm, hooked tendrils

Further References

• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• USNH
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew