FLORA OF VIETNAM

Fam. Pandanaceae

Freycinetia sumatrana Hemsl.

Vietnam, Thua Thien – Hue Prov., Nam Dong Distr., Huong Son Municipality, around point 16°10'22''N, 107°36'24''E. Fractionally logged primary closed broad-leaved evergreen lowland forest along La Ma River on very steep hill slopes composed with clayey shale and sandstone at elevation about 300 m a.s.l. Creeping epiphytic woody vine up to 30 m tall along rocky stream valley. Flowers with sweet fragrance (like fruit of Artocarpus), flowers and flower bracts yellowish-white to yellowish. Abundant. Usual co-dominant in epiphytic vegetation in the area.

No HAL 7076 29 March 2005. Photo.

Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh.

All photos © - L. Averyanov