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Burnie Vine

Malaisia scandens

Burnie Vine
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Moraceae (Fig & mulberry family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to W. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Malaisia is a genus of plants in the fig and mulberry family Moraceae. It is a monotypic genus, meaning that it includes only one species, namely Malaisia scandens, commonly known as burny vine or crow ash. It is a rainforest vine native to areas from southern China, through Southeast Asia to Australia and the western Pacific.

Where it grows

This species is native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:

Other Malaisia plants

Malaisia scandens subsp. megacarpa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malaisia 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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