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Cardiopteris quinqueloba (Hassk.) Hassk.wfo-0000802651

Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië. 10: 64. 1855.— Peripterygium quinquelobun Hassk., Tijdschr. natuurl. Geschied. Physiol, 10: 142. 1843

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Much branched climber with twining terete stems which often preserve their freshness after the fall of the leaves, and are loaded with fruits then, 2–5(–9) m. Leaves remote, polymorphous, broadly ovate in outline with a cordate base, generally ± deeply or irregularly 3–5(–9)-lobed, apex acutish, lobes acute or obtuse, lamina occasionally entire or almost so (resembling then those of the East Malesian ca moluccana Bl.), herbaceous, (4–)6–12(–17) by (3–)4–7–(–16) cm, main nerves 7–9 radiating from apex of petiole, the latter (3–)5–12 cm. Panicles solitary on 3–5(–10) cm long peduncles, 1–2(–3)-forked, cincinni rather few-flowered, glandular-puberulous initially, 5–10 cm, accrescent in fruiting stage. Flowers white. Fruit obovate-elliptic in outline, including the flat stramineous and densely parallel-veined wings 18-28 by 12–18 mm, tipped by the accrescent style which remains green and succulent for a long time.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Lamphun; NORTH-EASTERN: Loei, Khon Kaen; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; CENTRAL: Saraburi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; PENINSULAR: Phuket, Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Distribution : Assam, W Bengal, Burma, N & W Vietnam, Yunnan, W Malesia (type).

Ecology : In primary an secondary deciduous forests, bamboo forests, scrub jungle, hedgerow, waste ground, even on open limestone rocks, at low altitudes, rarely up to 100 m alt.

Vernacular : Khao san khang (เข้าสารค่าง), phak taentae (ผักแตนแต้), iwi (อีหวี่), lin pi (ลิ้นปี่).