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Bead Vine

Alyxia sinensis

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
S. China to N. Indo-China, Hainan, NC. Taiwan
Climate
wet tropical

About

Alyxia sinensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, that is native to China, Vietnam and Taiwan. It is threatened by habitat loss. It grows orange berries and eye shaped, leather-like leaves. The leaves grow in whorls of 3-7 opposite to each other on long twirling vines. Seeds begin forming in approximately 1 month, germinating in just over 4 months.

Other Alyxia plants

Alyxia bracteolosa · Sea Box · Alyxia grandis · Native holly · Alyxia magnifolia · Alyxia menglungensis · Chain Fruit · Chain Fruit · Chainfruit · Chain fruit · Alyxia Vine · Maile

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alyxia sinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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