Chonemorpha

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Chonemorpha is a genus that consists of large evergreen vigorous woody vines with milky sap from India, Sri Lanka, to Southeast Asia, the Philippines and South China. Growing dormant in sub-tropical and tropical climates and usually losing leaves if temperature gets below 60 °F (16 °C). The plants have pubescent to almost tomentose branches, leaves and inflorescences. Large, corrugated, ovate leaves to 40 cm long, deep glossy green, opposite, pale and hairy beneath. Very fragrant, funnel-shaped, showy flowers to 8 cm across with long-peduncled and terminal cymes. Corolla cream with yellow center. Disk cupular with many seeds, ovate-shaped, compressed, with scanty endosperm, with a tuft of hairs at one end, dark brown. The plant is widely grown as a fence cover.SpeciesChonemorpha assamensis Furtado - Assam, Bangladesh Chonemorpha eriostylis Pit. in H.Lecomte - Yunnan, Guangdong, Vietnam Chonemorpha floccosa Tsiang & P.T.Li - Guangxi Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines Chonemorpha megacalyx Pierre ex Spire - Yunnan, Laos, Thailand Chonemorpha mollis Miq. - Java Chonemorpha parviflora Tsiang & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Guangxi Chonemorpha pedicellata Rao - W Himalayas Chonemorpha splendens Chun & Tsiang - Yunnan, Hainan Chonemorpha verrucosa (Blume) D.J.Middleton - Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Indochinaformerly included

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