WorldFloraDB - Getonia floribunda

Characteristics

Lianas to 10 m or more tall. Branchlets densely pilose. Petiole 8-12 mm, densely pilose; leaf blade green adaxially, 5-15 × 3-7 cm, leathery, abaxially densely dark scaly and pilose, adaxially glabrescent but persistently pilose on midvein and lateral veins; lateral veins in 5-8(-10) pairs. Panicles to 30 cm or more; peduncle and rachis densely pilose; bracts 2-3 mm, densely pilose. Calyx tube 7-10 mm at anthesis, abaxially densely pilose; lobes 2-3.5 mm at anthesis, both surfaces densely pilose. Filaments 2-3 mm. Fruit 18-23 mm including calyx lobes, densely pilose; persistent calyx lobes 10-14 mm, longitudinally 3-veined with reticulate veins between, both surfaces pilose, especially on veins, or glabrescent, abaxially sparsely dark scaly. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jun. 2n = 26.

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A large climbing shrub. It can be 5-10 m long. The vines are 5-10 cm across. The bark is grey. The branches have thick fluffy layers in the surface. The leaves are oval and 5-12 cm long. New branches are hairy and rust coloured. The flowers are in dense clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit are fluffy and 8 mm long. They have 5 edges.

Life form

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Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature height (meter)

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Root system

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It occurs in the Western Ghats in India.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Uses	food material medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Headache (flower), Antifungal agents (fruit), Antipruritics (fruit), Flatulence (fruit), Hypertension (fruit), Jaundice (fruit), Skin diseases (fruit), Ulcer (fruit), Abdominal pain (leaf), Acne vulgaris (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Antipyretics (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Colic (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Dyspepsia (leaf), Fever (leaf), Hypertension (leaf), Insect bites and stings (leaf), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Leprosy (leaf), Malaria (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Vaginal diseases (leaf), Vomiting (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Diaphoretic (leaf), Hypertension (root), Snake bites (root), Anthelmintics (stem), Diarrhea (stem), Dysentery (stem), Dyspepsia (stem), Snake bites (stem), Depurative (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Watervine (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:170625-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000702472
COL ID	3FY7Q
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Calycopteris floribunda Calycopteris nutans Getonia nutans Combretum sericeum Calycopteris nutans var. glabriuscula Calycopteris nutans var. roxburghii Getonia floribunda Getonia nitida

WorldFloraDB 2024

Getonia floribunda Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Getonia