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Dischidia rafflesiana

Plant photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Dischidia rafflesiana

Dischidia rafflesiana is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Dischidia major (also recorded as Malayan Urn Vine), an accepted species in the family Apocynaceae, within the order Gentianales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, and Lesser Sunda Is.. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Malayan Urn Vine
Family
Apocynaceae
Order
Gentianales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is.

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy