(Gentianaceae)
Tripterospermum aff. pasquieri  BSWJ8264

Description

From one of our seed collections made high up on Fan Xi Pan, North Vietnam's highest mountain. Where we collected seed of this small twinning climber to 1.2m tall, curling itself around bamboo on an exposed ridge continually draped in cloud. Growing from a small fleshy rhizome, with thin-textured dark green ovate leaves on the purple twinning stems. Bearing 3.5cm long pale lilac stripped white flowers, followed by elongated purple seed pods, full of black seed. For a peaty soil part shade.