Maoutia setosa
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Description
A shrub with dense white hairs. The leaves are woolly underneath. They are 12-29 cm long by 5-15 cm wide. The flowers are velvety and white.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows near streams. It grows below 200 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Asia, Japan, Philippines, SE Asia, Taiwan,
Notes
There are 15 Maoutia species. They are in Asia and the Pacific.
References (3)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
- Flora of Taiwan Vol. 2:229
- Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm
