e-Flora of Thailand

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1. Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alstonwfo-0000851705

Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Perad. 11: 203. 1929; Furtado, Gard. Bull. Str. Sett. 9: 115. 1935; Seshagiri Rao, J. Ind. Bot. Soc. 32: 36. 1953; Huber, Fl. Cey. 4: 56. 1983; Li et al., Fl. China 16: 170, 1995.— Echites fragrans Moon, Cat. 20. 1824. Plate VI: 3.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Chonemorpha macrophylla G.Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 76. 1837; Kurz, Fl. Burm. 2: 187, 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 661. 1882; Furtado, Gard. Bull. Str. Sett. 9: 115. 1935; Chatterjee, Kew Bull. 1947: 49. 1947; Tsiang & P.T.Li, Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 63: 197. 1977.
Chonemorpha grandieriana Pierre ex Spire, Contr. Apocyn. 72. 1905; Pitard, FI. Gén. I.-C. 3: 1252. 1933; Kerr, FI. Siam. En. 2: 474. 1939; Lý, Fedd. Rep. 97: 656. 1986.


Description : Branchlets terete, tomentose; branches glabrous and lenticellate. Leaves: petiole 0.6–1.1 cm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic, 10.6–26 x 5.7–9.8 cm, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate, base rounded to weakly cordate; secondary veins 10–12 pairs; puberulent above and beneath. Inflorescence 10–15 cm long; pubescent. Calyx connate for about half of its length, lobes deltoid; sparsely puberulent to glabrous; 10.5–14 mm long. Corolla white; tube 4.7–6.2 cm long; lobes 2.7–3.7 cm long; glabrous outside, pubescent inside. Stamens with anthers 10.5 x 1.6 mm. Disk shorter than ovary. Fruit ca 25 cm long, 1.3–1.5 cm wide.


Thailand : CENTRAL: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri, Chanthaburi, Trat.


Distribution : India (type), Sri Lanka, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia.


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Plate VI: 3
Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston