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Schizophragma hydrangeoides, a deciduous liana found
on forest edges or gaps in hilly districts, climbs other plants to
10-20 meters with aerial roots on trunks and branches. Leaves are
opposite, and their size and color vary significantly by location.
They are less than 2cm long and circular, to 5-15cm long and oval,
with tips pointed, bases circular to cordate, and more than 30
uneven serrations on one side of the margins. Branch tips emerge as
10-8 cm across inflorescences; ornamental flowers, white, surround
3-7 bisexual flowers. The decorative flower's sepals are 3-4 in
number, 1.5-3cm long, obovate-like, circular to broad oval, and the
bisexual flower's floral tubes are a.5-2mm long, obconical. Bloom
time: June-July. |