Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Erycibe subspicata Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 392. 1838.
Description
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent, 3–6(–10) m tall; axial parts rust-colored pubescent with 2-armed hairs, later glabrescent. Branchlets terete.
Leaves:
Petiole 6–10 mm, rust-colored pubescent; leaf blade oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or elliptic, 7–18 × 2.5–5.5 cm, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent with 2-armed hairs, or nearly glabrous, adaxial surface glabrous and glossy, base cuneate or nearly rounded, apex cuspidate, rarely acuminate; lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences mostly terminal, elongate, narrowly paniculate, 7–20 cm, densely rust-colored pubescent.
Flowers:
Pedicel ca. 4 mm. Sepals broadly elliptic to nearly circular, nearly equal, 3–3.5 mm, densely rust-colored pubescent abaxially. Corolla white, red, or purple; lobules semicircular, ca. 9 mm, margin erose-dentate. Filaments flat, ca. 1 mm; anthers conical.
Fruits:
Fruit black, ellipsoid-oblong, 2–2.3 × 1 cm, ± apiculate.
References:
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution Map:
Distribution:
China (S Guangxi, S & SE Yunnan), Cambodia, NE India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Ecology:
China: Dense forests,
thickets, steep rock faces in ravines; 300–1300 m
Thailand: Margins
and clearings in evergreen forest, along stream beds; altitude: 420–1300 m.
Phenology:
Flw. Oct-Nov.
References:
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Other information
Common names and uses:
zhui xu ding gong teng (Chinese).
Nao duean ha (Thai).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Contributors:
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