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1. Trachelospermum asiaticum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Nakaiwfo-0000326442

in Mori, Pl. Cor. 293. 1922; Woodson, Sunyatsenia 3: 88. 1936; Ohwi, Fl. Jap. 744. 1965; Li et al., Fl. China 16: 167. 1995.— Malouetia asiatica Sieb. & Zucc., Abh. Akad. München 4: 163. 1846. Fig. 35.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Branchlets sparsely puberulent; becoming glabrous and sparsely lenticellate. Leaves: petiole 0.5–1.4 cm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, 3–13 x 1.3–6.3 cm, apex rounded to shortly and bluntly acuminate, base cuneate; secondary veins 7–14 pairs; very sparsely puberulent beneath to glabrous. Inflorescence 3.5–14 cm long; glabrous or, rarely, sparsely puberulent. Sepals ovate, 1.3–3.3 x 0.7–1.8 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Corolla white or greenish-white; tube 7.5–12.4 mm long; lobes 5–8.5 mm long; outside glabrous, pubescent in mouth in 5 patches, pubescent in top of tube. Stamens inserted near top of tube; anthers 2.7–3.3 x 0.6–0.8 mm, slightly exserted from corolla mouth. Disk as long as or slightly shorter than ovary. Ovary 1–1.2 mm long, glabrous; style + pistil head 8–9.1 mm long. Fruit terete; 10–27.5 cm long, 0.3–0.6 cm wide; glabrous. Seeds linear, flat; 18–35 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide; coma 2–3.6 cm long.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Tak; NORTH-EASTERN: Phetchabun; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani.

Distribution : Japan (type), Korea, China, Vietnam, India.

Ecology : In gallery forests, dry dipterocarp forests, deciduous or evergreen forests, 200–1,000 m alt.