Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

กระเช้าถุงทอง Aristolochia pothieri Pierre ex Lec. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE 5

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Descriptions :
Climber Herbaceous climber with slender stem. Leaves; simple,entire, broadly ovate or 3-lobed, lobes less than half the length of the lamina , 10-14 by 15-20 cm, base cordate, apex acute or obtuse, 3-palmate venation with transverse veins conspicuous above and prominent beneath. Inflorescences; cymose type, axillary, 4-6 cm long, densely puberulous; bracts ovate 1 by 0.5 mm. Flower with pedicel 6-7 mm, bracts ovate 0.1-0.2 cm; Perianth 2-4 cm, brown, purplish, reddish, tube 1-1.5 by 0.1-1.2 mm; limb spathulate, 1-1.5 by 0.-0.7 cm. Anthers ; ellipsoid, 0.7 - 0.9 by 0.7 - 0.9 mm. Gynostemium 2-2-2 by 2.7 -3 mm, stigmatic lobes; obtuse. Fruit; ovoid, 4-4.5 by 2.5-3 cm, septicedal dehescence; pedicel 5-6 cm. Seeds triangular, thin winged, 7-8 mm.