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Now is high time for kitefruits to bloom in southwest China's Yunnan
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Update time: 2020-03-02
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Kitefruits in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden in southwest China's Yunnan Province have been blooming recently.  

 

 

Hiptage candicans var. harmandiana   


These plants are unique to tropical and subtropical areas of Asia. Of the 30 species of the kitefruit genus, 12 can be found in China.  

 

Hiptage lucida 


Years of evolution have equipped the plants with special pollination characteristics such as mirror-image flowers and heteranthery, in which a single flower has different types of stamens, to attract more insects.  

 

Hiptage pauciflora 

 

 

Hiptage minor 

(All photos are provided by Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden.) 

 

URL: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-02-29/Now-is-high-time-for-kitefruits-to-bloom-in-southwest-China-s-Yunnan-OtxymdGSDS/index.html 

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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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