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Calycopteris floribunda (roxb.) lamk.
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Calycopteris floribunda (roxb.) lamk.
 
 
 
 

Botanical name: Calycopteris floribunda (Roxb.) Lam.
Family: Combretaceae (rangoon creeper family)

Large shrub, a climber, reaching 2-3 m high. Rusty and pubescent young branches with opposite leaves, 7-12 cm, rounded base, ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, tomentose with 1 cm petiole.

Without stalk and petals, the pale green flowers with prominent sepals, bloom densely and abundantly in terminal panicles. Strongly nerved and veined, the five hairy sepals 1 cm, looks like thin thermacole wafers! 10 unequal stamens. Older flowers turn to rust colour.

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