Rubiaceae
Uncaria

Uncaria gambir (W.Hunter) Roxb.

First published in Fl. Ind. 2: 126 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Malesia. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Ntore, S. & Lachenaud, O. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae (Tribu XIII-XV): 1-101. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Tan, H.T.W., Chua, K.S. & Turner, I.M. (1995). Rubiaceae of the Bukit Timah nature reserve. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore, Suppl. 3: 29-59.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ntore, S. & Lachenaud, O. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae (Tribu XIII-XV): 1-101. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6103], Singapore K001123041 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6103], Malaysia K001123039 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6103], Singapore K001123042 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6103] K001123044 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6103], Singapore K001123040 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6103] K001123045 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6103] K001123036 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6103], Malaysia K001123038 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6103], Malaysia K001123037 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6103] K001123043 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0