WorldFloraDB - Amalocalyx microlobus

Characteristics

Lianas to 10 m, densely rust colored villous when young, glabrous when older. Stems sometimes with corky wings. Petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade broadly obovate or elliptic, 5-15 X 2-10.5 cm, base truncate or subauriculate to cordate; lateral veins 8 or 9 pairs. Cymes longer than leaves, 15-30-flowered; peduncle 7-14 cm; bracts and bracteoles narrowly elliptic, ca. 1 cm. Pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm. Corolla whitish outside, pink to purple inside, glabrous, tube ca. 2.2 cm; lobes ovate, shorter than tube. Disc apex 5-lobed. Ovary glabrous. Follicles 8-10 X 1.2-1.5 cm. Seeds ovate, ca. 10 3 mm, coma ca. 4 cm. Fl. Apr-Oct, fr. Sep-Dec.

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A herbaceous climber. It is an evergreen vine. It has a grey covering. The leaves are narrowly oval and 5-15 cm long by 2-11 cm wide. They taper to a sharp tip. The leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long. The flowers are light purple-red. There are 15-20 flowers in a group 6-12 cm long. The fruit are follicles 11 cm long and 1 cm wide. The seeds are round with yellowish-brown hairs.

Life form

perennial

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Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

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Jan	Feb	Mar
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Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

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Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in forests, often clinging to trees between 600-1400 m altitude. In Yunnan.

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Usage

The fruit is eaten mixed with seasoning or salt.

Uses	food medicinal seasoning
Edible	fruits
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