Chonemorpha verrucosa
Content
Description
Large woody climber.
Branchlets lenticellate, sparsely pubescent, turning glabrous with age.
Leaves:
Inflorescence lax, 4.8-14.5 cm long;
Stamens inserted at 2.6-4 mm from corolla base which is 0.4-0.5 of tube length;
Ovaries 1-2.5 mm high, glabrous;
Fruit of paired linear follicles, smooth, glabrous to sparsely puberulent, 15.8-44 cm by 6-17 mm.
Seeds:
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Cambodia (Cambodia present); East Himalaya (Bhutan present); India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present
India, Bhutan, China, Burma, Cambodia, LaosVietnam; in Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java.
Uses
Previously exploited for a high quality rubber before the widespread use of Hevea brasiliensis.
Citation
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 473
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 123
Spire 1906: Caoutchouc Indo-Chine: 102
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 237
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 187
Spire 1906: Caoutchouc Indo-Chine: 108
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 652
Tsiang & P.T. Li 1977 – In: Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.: 206
Spire 1906: Caoutchouc Indo-Chine: 145
P.T. Li et al. 1995 – In: Fl. China: 171
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 125
D.J. Middleton 2000 – In: PROSEA: 122
M. Gangop. & Chakr. 1992 – In: J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.: 53
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 361
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 485
M.F. Watson 1999 – In: Fl. Bhutan: 682
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 237
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 652