Congea tomentosa is a large tropical evergreen vine, commonly referred to as wooly congea, shower orchid, or shower of orchid. (Despite the name, it is not closely related to orchids). It is called lluvia de orquideas or terciopelo in Spanish, krua on in Thai, and rong bao teng in Chinese. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses. Taxonomy Images General information Distribution Synonyms Publications Other data Distribution KBD Native to: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Introduced into:
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Congea tomentosa Roxb., commonly called Shower Orchid, Shower of Orchids, or Wooly Congea. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina; naturalized in Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka Congea velutina Wight - Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sumatra Congea vestita Griff. - Indochina References Congea tomentosa Roxb. lluvia de orquideas. Data Source. Last Revised by: John T. Kartesz, Biota of North America Program. Curated and maintained by: USDA NRCS National Plant Data Team. Data Documentation. The PLANTS Database includes the following 1 data sources of Congea tomentosa Roxb. Documentation State An evergreen, clambering woody shrub or weak climber, up to 6 m height (with support). Leaves pale green, papery and velvety. Leaves are arranged oppositely along the stem, and have prominent veins, elliptic to ovate shape. Stems squarish in cross-section, densely covered with yellowish to grey fuzz. wfo-0000920109 Congea tomentosa Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 3: 90 (1820) This name is reported by Lamiaceae as an accepted name in the genus Congea (family Lamiaceae ).
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Congea tomentosa Roxb. | Species 🗒 Synonyms 🗒 Common Names 📚 Overview No Data 📚 Nomenclature and Classification No Data 📚 Natural History No Data 📚 Habitat and Distribution No Data 📚 Occurrence No Data 📚 Demography and Conservation No Data 📚 Uses and Management No Data 📚 Information Listing References Congea tomentosa Roxb. (Pink petrea, Shower orchid, Lluvia de orquideas, Chinese Thuja). Family Lamiaceae. Genus Congea. World flora The Congea tomentosa Roxb. (1820) is a vigorous wood climber or an evergreen sarmentose shrub, 4-6 m tall, with branches, that in the specimens in nature may reach the 20 m of length, with wrinkled bark and of greyish colour in the old ones, green and tomentose in the young. Congea azurea Wall. Congea oblonga Pierre Congea oblonga Pierre ex Dop Congea petelotii Moldenke Congea tomentosa var. nivea Munir Congea tomentosa var. oblongifolia Schauer Congea villosa (Roxb.) Voigt Congea villosa (Roxb.) Wight Roscoea villosa Roxb. Homonyms Congea tomentosa Roxb. Common names congeia in Portuguese côngea in Portuguese
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Congea tomentosa Roxb. Congea velutina Wight; Congea vestita Griff. Publications Sort. Alphabetically; Newest first; Oldest first; POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name: Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database. Congea tomentosa Roxb. is a species of the Lamiaceae, and is a large, tropical, evergreen vine, native to Thailand and Myanmar. However, it can be also found elsewhere in South Asia, including Bangladesh. Extracts of the stems, leaves and flowers of CT have been traditionally used to treat cancers, tumors and allergic disease (Faruque et al.
Congea. Congea tomentosa Roxb. Congea tomentosa Roxb. is an accepted name This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Congea (family Lamiaceae). The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23) which reports it as an accepted name (record 46556) with original publication details: Pl. Coromandel 3: 90 1820. Congea tomentosa Roxb. collect. overview; data; media; articles; maps; names; Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings cc-by-nc Congea tomentosa (Lluvia De Orquideas) is a species of shrub in the family Lamiaceae. They are climber s. They are native to Asia. They have simple leaves. Individuals can grow to 7 m.
Congea tomentosa Roxb. Species
Local Descriptions Order descriptions by: type source General Information Shrubs, climbing. Branchlets subterete, tomentose with stellate and/or simple hairs. Leaves opposite. Cymes capitate, 3-9-flowered, arranged in panicles, pedunculate; involucral bracts 4 or by fusion reduced to 3 with third bract deeply emarginate. Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Order Lamiales Family Verbenaceae Genus Congea Specific Epithet tomentosa Roxb. Synonym Calochlamys capitata C.Presl Congea oblonga Pierre ex Dop Congea villosa (Roxb.) Voigt Residential Introduce The taxonomic status is pending for approval Description
