Species Descriptions

Argyreia osyrensis

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Distribution Map:
Common names and uses:
ju hua bai he teng, hui mao bai he teng (Chinese). The roots and leaves are used medicinally. Hun, thao ma kwang, kamlang mu thuean, bi la bat (Thai).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (SW Guangxi, Hainan, S Yunnan), ?Bangladesh, ?Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, ?Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Ecology:

Open
forests, thickets; near sea level to 1600 m. Often in dry habitats
in dipterocarp forest and scrub, secondary regrowth, hill evergreen forest, on
sandy, silt, muddy clay, silica, and granite soils; altitude: 200–1400 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Flowers sessile or nearly sessile. Sepals unequal, tomentose abaxially; outer 2 sepals obovate or spatulate, 9–10 mm, apex obtuse; inner sepals oblong, 5.5–8 mm, apex obtuse, glabrous adaxially, apex obtuse. Fruiting sepals enlarged, red, concave. Corolla pink, tubular-campanulate, 1.2–1.5 cm; limb deeply 5-lobed; lobes narrowly ovate, emarginate, midpetaline bands pubescent. Stamens and pistil exserted; filaments pubescent basally. Ovary glabrous, 2-loculed.
Fruits:
Berry enclosed by calyx, red, globose, 6–8 mm in diam.
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent. Stems terete; axial parts densely whitish, gray, or yellowish tomentose.
Inflorescences:
Cymes capitate; peduncle 2.5–6 cm; bracts ± persistent, broadly obovate, spatulate, or circular, 8–12 mm, tomentose abaxially, apex obtuse or truncate.
Infraspecific Characters:

Chinese floras recognize two weakly separable varieties based on indumentum density; there is considerable intergradation between them and they hardly seem worthy of taxonomic recognition.

Specimens of the typical variety, described from the Deccan region in India, have adaxially glabrous leaves. Specimens from east Asia, including China, have a uniform, sparse distribution of hairs on the adaxial surface.

Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy in A. de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 334. 1845.

Leaves:
Petiole 2–5 cm; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate to nearly circular, 4–12 × 4–10 cm, abaxial surface densely gray tomentose, woolly or villous, adaxial surface ± strigose-villous or glabrescent, base cordate, apex acute or obtuse; lateral veins 7–11 pairs.
Phenology:

Flowering: January, February, August, September, October, November, December; fruiting: February, December.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Staples, G. & P. Traiperm. 2010. Argyreia in Convolvulaceae. Fl. Thailand 10(3): 337–371.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Staples, G. & P. Traiperm. 2010. Argyreia in Convolvulaceae. Fl. Thailand 10(3): 337–371.

Seeds:
Seeds 1 or 2, ± globose, nearly glabrous.
Synonyms:

Ipomoea osyrensis Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 117. 1821

Argyreia aggregata (Roxb.) Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 427. 1834.

Lettsomia aggregata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 76. 1824.

Lettsomia aggregata Roxb. var. osyrensis C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 192. 1883.

Argyreia aggregata var. osyrensis (C.B.Clarke) Gagnep. & Courchet in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 280. 1915.

Argyreia brachypoda (Kerr) Ooststr., Blumea 7: 178. 1952.

Lettsomia brachypoda Kerr, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 13. 1941.

Argyreia osyrensis var. cinerea Hand.-Mazz., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 87: 124. 1938.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:48 -- Esmond
Argyreia fulvovillosa

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Distribution Map:
General comments:

Described as very similar to Argyreia strigillosa C. Y. Wu, these two species in turn come quite near to A. thomsonii (Craib) Babu from the Indian subcontinent, and all three may ultimately be deemed conspecific. Using indumentum density and color to characterize species or even infraspecific taxa in the Convolvulaceae has many times been demonstrated to be unsound, and could prove so in this case. The oblongish bracts, borne near the middle of the pedicel, however, are distinctive for this taxon or group of taxa.

Common names and uses:
huang bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (S Yunnan), Myanmar.

Ecology:

Forests,
ravines; 900–1000 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals ovate-oblong, unequal, yellowish villous abaxially; outer 3 sepals ca. 12 × 7 mm, apex obtuse or acute; inner 2 sepals ca. 10 × 5.5 mm, apex acute. Corolla purple, broadly funnelform, ca. 4.5 cm, midpetaline bands sparsely villous; limb shallowly lobed. Stamens and pistil included, much shorter than corolla; filaments ca. 1.1 cm, densely villous basally; anthers sagittate, ca. 5.5 mm. Disc ring-like, ca. 1 mm high. Ovary conical, glabrous; style ca. 3.3 cm, jointed at base; stigma capitate, 2-lobed.
Fruits:
Fruit unknown.
Habit:
Lianas, 2–3 m tall, with ± densely yellowish pubescent axial parts. Stems terete.
Inflorescences:
Cymes many flowered, dense; peduncle 10.5–13 cm; bracts persistent, oblong or ovate-oblong, 10–13 × 5–8 mm, densely yellowish pubescent abaxially, apex obtuse.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia fulvovillosa C. Y. Wu & S. H. Huang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(1): 164. 1979.

Leaves:
Petiole 6.5–7 cm; leaf blade ovate-circular, ca. 14 × 11–12.5 cm, abaxial surface densely dull yellowish villous, adaxial surface yellowish pubescent along midvein and lateral veins, base rounded or cordate, apex acute; lateral veins 11 or 12 pairs.
Phenology:

Flw. Nov.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:45 -- George Staples
Argyreia mastersii

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Common names and uses:
ye bao yin bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (S & SW Yunnan), NE India, N Myanmar, ?Thailand.

Ecology:

Open
forests or thickets; 800–1300(–1800) m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals unequal, ± spreading villous abaxially; outer 3 sepals ovate-lanceolate, ca. 9 × 4 mm, apex acuminate; inner 2 sepals obovate-elliptic, ca. 6 × 3.5 mm, apex obtuse. Corolla red-purple, funnelform, 3.5–4 cm, whitish hirsute outside; limb shallowly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; filaments ca. 1.7 cm, dilated and glandular pubescent at base; anthers oblong, ca. 3.5 mm. Disc ring-like, ca. 0.5 mm high. Ovary glabrous; style ca. 2.4 cm; stigma capitate, 2-lobed.
Fruits:
Berry enclosed by enlarged calyx, dark purple, ovoid-globose, ca. 1 cm.
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent. Stems terete, villous.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescence cymose (not capitate); peduncle 3–8 cm; bracts several, ligulate, ± petiolate, 20–24 × 3–5 mm, apex acuminate, persistent.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia mastersii (Prain) Raizada, Indian Forester 93: 754. 1967.

Leaves:
Petiole 5–16 cm, villous; leaf blade broadly ovate to circular, 7–17 × 5.5–15 cm, abaxial surface ± whitish villous, adaxial surface strigose, base cordate, apex acute.
Phenology:

Fl. Sep.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Seeds:
Seeds 4 or fewer, dark brown, ovoid-trigonous.
Synonyms:

Lettsomia mastersii Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 63: 98. 1894.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:38 -- Esmond
Argyreia baoshanensis

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Common names and uses:
bao shan yin bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (W Yunnan). Endemic.

Ecology:

Wasteland,
dry hot valleys, grassy slopes; ca. 1000 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Flower solitary, axillary; bracts 1 or 2, linear-lanceolate, 8–12 × 1.5–2 mm, densely strigose abaxially, persistent. Sepals linear-lanceolate, ± equal; outer 3 sepals ca. 20 × 2–3 mm, sparsely strigose abaxially, apex acute; inner 2 sepals narrower. Corolla red, tubular-funnelform, ca. 7 cm, sparsely strigose outside; limb ca. 2.7 cm in diam., slightly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube; filaments unequal, 1.2–1.5 cm, 2 filaments longer, base sparsely ciliate; anthers oblong, ca. 2.5 mm. Ovary conical; style ca. 3.9 cm; stigma capitate, 2-lobed.
Fruits:
Capsule enclosed by calyx, globose, ca. 4 mm in diam.
Habit:
Herbs(?), scandent, ca. 80 cm tall, with ± densely grayish strigose axial parts. Roots woody, ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Stems gracile, ± terete.
Inflorescences:
Pedicel ca. 8 mm.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia baoshanensis S. H. Huang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(1): 19. 1986.

Leaves:
Petiole 3–4 mm or absent; leaf blade ovate to ovate-deltoid, 3–4.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, strigose, base cordate, margin entire or slightly undulate, apex obtuse or retuse.
Phenology:

Flw., frt. Jul.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Seeds:
Seeds 2, black-brown, ovoid, compressed.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:34 -- Esmond
Argyreia monglaensis

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Common names and uses:
meng la yin bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (S Yunnan). Endemic.

Ecology:

Ravines, waysides.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals elliptic or ovate-oblong, unequal, tomentose similar to bracts; outer 3 sepals ca. 13 × 6.5 mm; inner 2 sepals ca. 9.5 × 3.5 mm. Corolla purple, tubular-funnelform, 3.8–5 cm, midpetaline bands sparsely yellowish villous; limb 2.5–3 cm wide, entire or slightly lobed. Stamens and pistil included, much shorter than corolla; filaments unequal, 1.7–2.2 cm, glandular pubescent basally; anthers sagittate, 4.5–5 mm. Disc ring-like, ca. 1 mm high. Ovary conical, glabrous; style ca. 3.1 cm, jointed at base; stigma capitate, 2-lobed.
Fruits:
Fruit unknown.
Habit:
Lianas, 3–4 m tall. Stems terete, axial parts yellowish tomentose, young parts densely so, older stems grayish.
Inflorescences:
Cymes nearly capitate, 7–9-flowered; peduncle 1–3 cm, angular; bracts ovate or ovate-triangular, 2–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, densely yellowish tomentose abaxially, ?persistent.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia monglaensis C. Y. Wu & S. H. Huang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(1): 164. 1979.

Leaves:
Petiole 1–2 cm; leaf blade narrowly oblong or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 6.5–12.5 × 2–3 cm, abaxial surface densely yellowish sericeous-tomentose, adaxial surface glabrous, base broadly cuneate or rounded, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 9–11 pairs.
Phenology:

Flw. Oct.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:29 -- Esmond
Argyreia cheliensis

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Common names and uses:
che li yin bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (S Yunnan). Endemic.

Ecology:

Thickets; ca. 900 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals brown, ovate-oblong, ca. 4.5 × 2 mm, puberulous similar to bracts. Corolla white, funnelform, ca. 4.8 cm, midpetaline bands sparsely pilose; limb shallowly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; filaments ca. 1.6 cm, glandular pilose basally; anthers oblong, ca. 4 mm. Disc ring-like, ca. 0.5 mm high. Ovary glabrous, 2-loculed.
Fruits:
Fruit unknown.
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent; axial parts ± yellowish puberulous. Young stems angular.
Inflorescences:
Cymes axillary, corymbose, 4–9-flowered; peduncle (0.7–)3–7 cm; bracts deciduous, broadly ovate, ca. 5 × 4 mm, ± densely puberulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially, apex mucronulate. Pedicel ca. 2.5 mm.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia cheliensis C. Y. Wu, Yunnan Redai Yaredai Zhiwu Quxi Yanjiu Baogao (Rept. Stud. Pl. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan) 1: 126. 1965.

Leaves:
Petiole 1.7–4 cm; leaf blade narrowly ovate to ± oblong, 7–10 × 3.5–4.5 cm, papery, abaxial surface densely sericeous-pilose, adaxial surface glabrous, base rounded, apex acute; lateral veins 10–13 pairs.
Phenology:

Flw. Sep.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:25 -- Esmond
Argyreia eriocephala

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Distribution Map:
Common names and uses:
mao tou yin bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (S Yunnan). Endemic.

Ecology:

Forests,
thickets; ca. 1300 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals elliptic-oblong, unequal, ± crisped-villous abaxially, becoming enlarged and rose-red in fruit, outer 3 sepals ca. 12 × 3 mm, inner sepals ca. 8 × 1.5 mm. Corolla rose-colored, funnelform, 4.2–4.5 cm, midpetaline bands pilose; limb shallowly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; filaments ca. 1.5 cm, brownish glandular pilose basally; anthers oblong, ca. 3.5 mm. Disc ring-like. Ovary glabrous, conical, 2-loculed; style ca. 1.1 cm, jointed at base; stigma capitate, 2-lobed.
Fruits:
Fruit rose-red, ellipsoidal, 6–7 × 5 mm, apiculate.
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent. Stems terete or striate; axial parts ± densely crisped-villous, becoming glabrate with age.
Inflorescences:
Cymes capitate, compact, ca. 4.5 × 4–6 cm; peduncle 1.5–2.5(–5) cm; bracts persistent, ovate, 17–30 × 7–15 mm, crisped-villous abaxially, apex acute. Pedicel 4–6 mm, crisped-pilose.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia eriocephala C. Y. Wu, Yunnan Redai Yaredai Zhiwu Quxi Yanjiu Baogao (Rept. Stud. Pl. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan) 1: 125. 1965.

Leaves:
Petiole 7–14 cm; leaf blade ovate-circular to circular, 8.5–15 × 6–12 cm, papery, abaxial surface densely sericeous villous, adaxial surface glabrous, base truncate to shallowly cordate, apex abruptly acute; lateral veins 10–12 pairs.
Phenology:

Fl. Sep.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Seeds:
Seeds 4 or fewer, brownish, ellipsoidal, ca. 5 mm.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:22 -- Esmond
Argyreia monosperma

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Distribution Map:
Common names and uses:
dan zi yin bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (Yunnan). Endemic.

Ecology:

Valley
forests, open thickets; 1000–1800 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals broadly ovate to elliptic, ± equal, 7–11 × 5–9 mm, to 1.8 × 1 cm in fruit, densely sericeous abaxially, glabrous adaxially, apex acute. Corolla purple or pinkish, urceolate-funnelform, 2.5–3.5 cm, apex appressed sericeous outside, otherwise glabrous; limb shallowly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; filaments glandular pubescent basally; anthers oblong. Disc cupular, 0.5–1.5 mm high. Ovary glabrous; stigma capitate, 2-lobed.
Fruits:
Berry reddish purple, ellipsoidal, 1.5–1.7 cm.
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent. Stems angular, young parts densely appressed sericeous pubescent, older stems glabrescent.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences axillary, few flowered; peduncle 4–14 cm; bracts attenuate-lanceolate, 20–33 × 5–8 mm, sericeous abaxially, persistent. Pedicel 4–13 mm, angular.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia monosperma C. Y. Wu, Yunnan Redai Yaredai Zhiwu Quxi Yanjiu Baogao (Rept. Stud. Pl. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan) 1: 127. 1965.

Leaves:
Petiole 2.5–9.5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate-elliptic to circular, 6–17 × 3.5–12 cm, abaxial surface silvery or grayish sericeous, adaxial surface glabrous, base broadly cuneate, truncate or rounded, rarely obtuse, apex acute; lateral veins 8–12 pairs.
References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Seeds:
Seed 1, reddish purple, ellipsoidal, ca. 12 × 9 mm, shiny.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:18 -- Esmond
Argyreia pierreana

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Distribution Map:
Common names and uses:
dong jing yin bei teng (Chinese). The whole plant, roots, and leaves have several local medicinal uses.
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (Guangxi, Guizhou, SE Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam.

Ecology:

Thickets;
500–1400 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals rose-purplish, ovate to oblong, apex obtuse; outer 3 sepals 15–17 × 8 mm; inner 2 sepals smaller. Corolla purple, pink, or whitish, funnelform, 5–7 cm; limb 3–4 cm in diam., whitish villous outside. Stamens and pistil included; filaments verruculose at base, anthers oblong to sagittate. Ovary glabrous; style jointed basally, to 3.5 cm.
Fruits:
Berry surrounded by enlarged calyx, red, globose, 8–10 mm in diam.
Habit:
Lianas. Stems terete, young parts villous, mature stems puberulous or glabrous.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences nearly capitate, cymose, 5–6 cm wide; peduncle 2–5 cm, densely dull yellow villous; bracts broadly ovate, 2–3.5 × 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute; inner bracts persistent, red, smaller, ± pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Pedicel ca. 7 mm.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia pierreana Bois, Rev. Hort. 78: 560. 1906.

Leaves:
Petiole 5–17 cm, pale dull yellow tomentose; leaf blade ovate to circular, 10–22 × 5.5–21 cm, glabrous adaxially, dull yellowish tomentose abaxially, base cuneate, rounded, or shallowly cordate, apex ± acute; lateral veins 10–15 pairs.
Phenology:

Flw. Jul-Oct, frt. Oct-Feb.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Seeds:
Seeds 4 or fewer, whitish, 4–5 mm, scurfy, glabrate.
Synonyms:

Argyreia liliiflora C.Y. Wu

A. seguinii (H. Lév.) Vaniot ex H. Lév.

C. sphaerocephalus Roxb.

I. sphaerocephala (Roxb.) Don

L. seguinii H. Lév.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:15 -- Esmond
Argyreia wallichii

Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Contributors:
Distribution Map:
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Chromosome number:
30
Common names and uses:
da ye yin bei teng (Chinese).
Author:
Fang R.C. & G. Staples
Distribution:

China (S Guizhou, SW Sichuan, S Yunnan), Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Sikkim, N Thailand.

Ecology:

China: In
thickets, forests; 800–1500 m.

Thailand: Sunny places in mixed evergreen forest, grassy fields, bamboo
forest, moist gallery forest along stream through deciduous dipterocarp forest,
often on limestone or calcareous soil; elevation 1200–1450 m.

Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals elliptic-oblong, ± equal, 10–12 × 5 mm, villous abaxially; fruiting sepals enlarged, rose-red, shiny. Corolla whitish, pink, or purple, tubular-funnelform, 4–7 cm, midpetaline bands sparsely whitish villous; limb entire or shallowly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; filaments villous basally; anthers oblong, ca. 3.5 mm. Ovary glabrous; style ca. 3 cm.
Fruits:
Berry enclosed by calyx, red, globose, 8–9 mm in diam.
Habit:
Lianas. Stems terete, ± ashy or whitish tomentose.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescence a nearly capitate cyme, 2.5–7 cm in diam., many flowered; peduncle to 2.5 cm; outer bracts 2.5–4 cm, ovate-elliptic, dull yellowish or grayish pubescent abaxially; inner bracts persistent, smaller.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreia wallichii Choisy, Mém.Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 421. 1834.

Leaves:
Petiole 5–13 cm, tomentose; leaf blade broadly ovate to almost circular, 10–25 × 6–20 cm, abaxial surface ashy or whitish tomentose, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely strigose, base cordate, apex acute; lateral veins 10–15 pairs, prominent adaxially.
Phenology:

Flw. Aug-Nov, frt. Nov-Mar.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Staples, G. & P. Traiperm. 2010. Argyreia in Convolvulaceae. Fl. Thailand 10(3): 337–371.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

References:

Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.

Thu, 2011-09-22 07:12 -- Esmond

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