Tetracera indica Merr.

Shrub to 2 m or liana to 5 m. Leaves elliptic to oblong or obovate, ca 6-10 by 3-5 cm, usually rather thin, slightly glossy above, not scabrid, with acute to obtuse apex. Petiole ca 6-10 mm. Inflorescence terminal on the main branch or on few-leaved axillary branches, few-(usually 4-7)-flowered, up to 8 by 6 cm. Flowers ca 2½-3 cm diam. Sepals 4, 8-10 by 7-9 mm, glabrous. Petals 3-5, usually 4, reddish white. Stamens 6-8 mm long; Anthercells reaching each other at the apex. Carpels 3-4, with a few rigid hairs on the back, ovules ca 10-15. Capsules globular, ca 10 mm diam., with a 2-6 mm long beak, 1-7-, usually 2-seeded. Seeds 3½ by 2½ mm. Aril 8-10 mm long, finely fimbriate to nearly its base.

Small shrub in open places; low liana, climbing over low shrubs, in brushwood and open forest. From sea-level to 600 m. According to BACK. & SLOOT. Theeonkr. 1924 no 174 , propagation mainly by suckers.

Uses. For cordage; leaves ( BURKILL A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula 1935 ) as sandpaper? Medical use unimportant, cf. BURKILL A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula 1935

Can be grown by seedlings.