Gomphostemma scortechinii

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Gomphostemma scortechinii

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Description

Coarse, perennial herb, 60-150 cm, erect, woody below. Leaves thin- to thick-herbaceous, elliptic-oblong or obovate, 20-30 by 10-15 cm, acute, the base long-cuneate; Flowers c. 20 in dense axillary verticillasters.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, Continental SE. Asia present, Tenasserim present

Continental SE. Asia (Burma: Tenasserim; Thailand) and Malesia: Malay Peninsula.

Notes

Close to G. javanicum. The Sumatran specimens cited in my precursor I have now referred to G. parviflorum.

Citation

KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 89

PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 724

PRAIN 1891: p. 260. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: pl. 93

Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 653