Tetracera sarmentosa(L.) Vahl

WFO wfo-0001045885 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-18 / obs. 158380002
Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. b Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 155916414
Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 152452611
Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Toby Y
fig. d Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171395271
Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Toby Y
fig. e Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149356847
Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Toby Y
fig. f Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143802573
Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Yj
fig. g Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172858681
Tetracera sarmentosa, photographed by Yj
fig. h Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137326075

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Tetracera sarmentosa is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, New Caledonia China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaJawaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNew Caledonia Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Tetracera sarmentosa, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
New Caledonia NWC PACIFIC

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 11 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.

  • Delima sarmentosa L.
  • Delima sarmentosa var. glabra Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Leontoglossum scabrum Hance
  • Seguieria asiatica Lour.
  • Tetracera asiatica (Lour.) Hoogland
  • Tetracera asiatica subsp. andamanica Hoogland
  • Tetracera asiatica subsp. zeylanica Hoogland
  • Tetracera delima Forsyth f.
  • Tetracera levinei Merr.
  • Tetracera monocarpa Blanco
  • Tetracera sarmentosa subsp. asiatica (Lour.) Hoogland

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.

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