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Hintonia octomera Bullock (syn: Coutarea octomera Hemsl.); bak ak

Woody liana; shoots dimorphic, long shoots bearing paired and decussate short shoots; leaves opposite, elliptic to narrowly obovate, clustered towards the ends of short shoots; flowers from leaf axils of short shoots; corolla white, funnel-like, pendant; fruits woody capsules with 2-carpels, containing numerous winged seeds.

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Listed, as Coutarea octomera, as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza Novello 1981).