Neoalsomitra clavigera(M.Roem.) Hutch.

WFO wfo-0000378628 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-16 / obs. 190579738
Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176669749
Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140390744
Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 105026705
Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105460112
Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. f Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23402831
Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. g Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18174381
Neoalsomitra clavigera, photographed by 黃美滿
fig. h 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106450909

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Where it actually grows measured, from 187 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low 10.9 °C 13.1 °C 19.7 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 27.0 °C 28.9 °C 30.3 °C
Annual rainfall 2,152 mm 2,679 mm 3,429 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 74 mm 119 mm 177 mm

It is not found anywhere that gets close to freezing. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 187 research-grade observations of Neoalsomitra clavigera that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 26 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.

  • Alsomitra beccariana Cogn.
  • Alsomitra clavigera (Wall.) M.Roem.
  • Alsomitra clavigera var. hookeri C.B.Clarke
  • Alsomitra hookeri F.Muell.
  • Alsomitra integrifolia Hayata
  • Alsomitra muelleri Cogn.
  • Alsomitra pubescens Merr.
  • Alsomitra pubigera Prain
  • Alsomitra rotundifoliola Cogn.
  • Alsomitra stephensiana (F.Muell.) Cogn.
  • Alsomitra tonkinensis Gagnep.
  • Gynostemma elongatum Merr.
  • Gynostemma integrifoliolum Cogn.
  • Gynostemma integrifolium Cogn.
  • Hemsleya elongata Cogn.
  • Hemsleya henryi Cogn.
  • Neoalsomitra beccariana (Cogn.) Hutch.
  • Neoalsomitra integrifoliola (Cogn.) Hutch.
  • Neoalsomitra muelleri (Cogn.) Hutch.
  • Neoalsomitra pubescens (Merr.) Hutch.
  • Neoalsomitra pubigera (Prain) Hutch.
  • Neoalsomitra rotundifoliola (Cogn.) Hutch.
  • Neoalsomitra stephensiana (F.Muell.) Hutch.
  • Neoalsomitra tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Hutch.

and 2 more.

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.

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. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.