Aeschynanthus longicaulis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Aeschynanthus longicaulis R.Br.

Protologue: Benn., Pl. jav. rar. 2: 116 (1840).

Aeschynanthus marmoratus T. Moore (1853), Trichosporum marmoratum (T. Moore) O. Kuntze (1891).

• Malaysia: maman kurai (Peninsular)
• Thailand: taanlaai, nommia hin (Surat Thani), uleang khaao kam (Chiang Mai)
• Vietnam: má dào thân dài.

Burma (Myanmar), Vietnam, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

In Peninsular Malaysia, the leaves have been used for poulticing boils. A. longicaulis is a popular ornamental, particularly for its foliage.

A tufted herb of c. 30 cm tall; leaves lanceolate, acute, with dark green markings above and purple markings beneath; corolla much longer than calyx, 2-3.5 cm long, greenish with brown bars in the mouth; seeds with 1 hair at one end and with a tuft of hairs at the other. A. longicaulis grows on trees, bamboos and limestone rocks, up to 850 m altitude.

121, 123, 770, 789.

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R.E. Nasution