Campestigma purpurea Pierr

Campestigma purpurea Pierre, Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 4: 118 (1912).

Campestigma purpurea
Campestigma purpurea
Campestigma purpurea Pierre; Photos Nguyen Hoang Nam

Vietnamese name: Kiền Tím

Latin Name: Campestigma purpurea Pierre

Synonym Name: No synonyms are recorded for this name

Family: Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae 

Description: Creeper, with white latex. The leaves are ovoid broad, heart-shaped with apical apexes; 6 - 13.3 x 4 - 9.5cm plates; petiole 4,5 - 12cm. The flower clusters are slender, slender and leafy, in canopy form, consisting of 5-7 flowers, up to 6cm long; peduncle is very slender, smooth, to 2cm long; egg shaped buds. Flowers 6 - 7 mm high, purple. It has an ovoid lobe, 2 mm long, round, feathered at the edge; There are 5 glands at the base. Invisible wheels; tube 4 - 7 mm; lobes large, oblong, round or obtuse at apex. Double filler. Pollen grains form chalk blocks and have wax covering the outer wall of the chalk; The chalk transfer organ carries 2 chalk blocks facing up. The fruit consists of 2 pieces, each great, size 20 - 25cm x 6 - 8 mm, smooth, sloping. The crest has 3cm long hairs.

Distribution: It is found in Laos, Vietnam. In VietNam, It is found in Ba Ria - Vung Tau (Mount Dinh), An Giang (Chau Doc).

Ecological:

Forest edge, roadside or secondary forest areas after shifting cultivation and clearing in forest at elevations below 400m.

Flower season: Flowers June-October.

Note:

The genetic resource needs protection because this is the only species of the genus Campestigma.

Reference:

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- ipni.org

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