Clematis javanaDC.

WFO wfo-0000610131 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Clematis javana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2020-03-10 / obs. 108237627
Clematis javana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108237636
Clematis javana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108237645
Clematis javana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108237655
Clematis javana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108237678
Clematis javana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108237667

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Clematis javana is native: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam AssamBangladeshEast HimalayaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Clematis javana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clematis biternata DC.
  • Clematis gouriana var. malaiana Miq.
  • Clematis javanica Steud.
  • Clematis junghuhniana de Vriese
  • Clematis virginica Thunb.
  • Clematis vitalba subsp. cumingii Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.