Agapetes flava (Hook.F.) Sleumer

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Agapetes

Characteristics

Shrubs. Twigs terete, glabrous or pubescent towards apices. Leaves scattered; petiole 3–4 mm; leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 5–9 × ca. 3.4 cm, leathery, abaxially silky-hairy on midvein, adaxially rugose with fine veins, glabrous, base rounded, margin serrate, apex acute. Inflorescences corymbose, pendulous or nodding. Pedicel red, ca. 2 cm, pubescent, expanded upwards. Calyx tube yellowish, rounded, 5-winged; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 8 mm, striate, pubescent. Corolla yellow, tubular, ca. 1.7 cm, inflated at middle, angled, puberulous; lobes recurved, small. Filaments pubescent; anthers with tubules ca. 3.5 × as long as thecae, with 2 spurs. Berry ca. 8 mm in diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Agapetes flava world distribution map, present in China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326082-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523027
COL ID 65L6D
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Synonyms

Agapetes flava Pentapterygium flavum