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Uncaria perrottetii is a woody liana (climbing vine) of the coffee family from Borneo and the Philippines, where it is known locally as sungay kalabaw. It is a wild tropical forest climber rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care advice applies only to cultivation in warm, humid conditions.
Uncaria perrottetii, known locally in the Philippines as “sungay kalabaw” (lit. “carabao’s horn”), is a species of liana in the family Rubiaceae.
It was first described in 1834 by Achille Richard as Sabicea perrottetii, and was transferred to the genus, Uncaria, by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1913.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Uncaria perrottetii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
